Tez Brooks

International speaker and multiple award-winning author Tez Brooks has been writing for decades, using his experiences to help others from a Christian worldview.

His book, "The Single Dad Detour: Directions for Fathering After Divorce" (Kregel) was a winner for the 2016 Royal Palm Literary Awards and was awarded Book of the Decade by Serious Writer in 2020.

His writing includes numerous theatrical scripts, short films, magazine articles, and devotionals. His work has appeared in The Upper Room, Guideposts, Clubhouse, Worldwide Challenge, Jesus Film Project, Evangelical Press Assoc, Best Christian Workplaces, Kids Answers, and more. He's served as Editor-in-Chief for TODAY magazine and Every Tribe & Touchscreen, publications of Cru.

His screenplay "Jangled" won 2016 Best Short Film in Florida at CENFLO. His literary works won awards with Jerry Jenkins’ Christian Writers Guild, the Florida Christian Writer’s Conference and the Florida Writer’s Assoc.

Tez is the president of two chapters for Word Weavers International and a member of the American Christian Writers Association. Evangelical Press Assoc. and Colorado Author's League.

He and his wife are full-time missionaries and lived overseas for a while. In addition to leading a team of journalists, he's hosted The Jesus Film World Report--a radio spot heard by over seven million listeners nationwide. Tez and his wife have four children and now reside in Colorado Springs. Tez loves swimming and movies and dreams of a day when someone will combine his two loves by inventing an underwater cinema.