Eric Newman

Eric Newman writes big stories for brave hearts. His work spans Emmy-winning TV series, bestselling novels, and feature films, with credits across Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, and Penguin Random House. He served as a writer and executive producer on Bear Grylls’s global adventure series Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer, helped bring The Quest to Disney+, co-wrote the New York Times and USA Today bestseller Miracle at the Higher Grounds Café, and produced more than thirty episodes of the VeggieTales franchise. Along with his fellow Story Slayer, Candace Lee, Eric co-created the Order of the Dragon Slayer series with a bold vision to inspire young men and women to be prepared—mentally, physically, and spiritually—to slay life’s dragons. Eric lives in Oklahoma with his wife, Heather, and their two dragon slayers, Zander and Zelda.