Joshua Cooley

Author | Freelance Writer | Editor | Speaker

Joshua Cooley, first and foremost, is a sinner saved by God’s grace and a follower of Jesus who continually marvels at God’s faithfulness in his life.

Josh is a New York Times bestselling author, a freelance writer/editor, and an engaging speaker. He has authored or contributed to more than 20 traditionally published books for kids, teens, and adults. His kids books include the Heroes of the Bible Devotional, Heroes of the Bible Devotional 2I Can’t Believe My Eyes!, and Empty! He is also a contributor to Tyndale’s exciting Go Bible for kids.

His books for teens and adults include The One Year Devotions with Jesus, 180 Devotions for When Life Is Overwhelming for Teen Guys, 52 Weeks to Know Your Bible, and Right Here Right Now Devotions for Men.

Josh is also a longtime sportswriter and currently the editor of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ magazine. In 2018, he teamed with Super Bowl LII MVP Nick Foles to co-author the star quarterback’s bestselling memoir, Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds. Some of his other sports books include The One Year Sports Devotions for Kids and The Biggest Win: Pro Football Players Tackle Faith. To see Josh’s full book catalog, click here.

As a freelance writer, Josh’s articles have appeared in nearly 40 publications, including many well-known magazines and websites. His writing topics include Christian living, parenting, devotionals, children’s ministry, sports profiles, and much more. You can learn more about his writing here.

As a freelance editor, Josh provides a variety of editing services (developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading, etc.) to many clients including book and curriculum publishers, online resource providers, seminaries, individual authors, and more. To learn more about Josh’s editing services, click here.

As a speaker, Joshua has enjoyed sharing the good news of Jesus with thousands of kids, teens, and adults at churches, schools, camps, retreats, conferences, and more. If you’re interested in having him speak at your event, please click here.

Josh grew up in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., and graduated college with a degree in journalism. He currently lives in Durham, North Carolina. In his extra time, he enjoys hanging out with family and friends, exercising, reading, watching sports and movies, playing games, and occasionally dusting off his ping-pong paddle for a match.

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