Lee Patrick Strobel (born January 25, 1952 in Arlington Heights, Illinois) is a writer, creationist and Christian apologist and a former journalist and megachurch pastor. He is the author of several books, including four ECPA Christian Book Award honorees and a series which addresses challenges to a Biblically inerrant view of Christianity. Strobel also hosted a television program called Faith Under Fire on PAX TV, and runs a video apologetics web site.