by Jon Erwin
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
JON ERWIN is the grandson of medal of Honor recipient Henry E. “Red” Erwin. Jon and his brother, Andrew, are film directors and producers whose four feature films have all opened in the top ten movies in America and collectively grossed more than $100 million at the US box office. They are also among only eight directors to receive the incredibly rare A+ Cinemascore not once but twice, joining a list that includes Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis.
Their film I Can Only Imagine shocked the entertainment industry to become the #1 independent movie of 2018, and it is the highest grossing film in the history of its distributor, Roadside Attractions, collecting more than $83 million in box office revenue on a production budget of just $7 million.
Jon and Andrew seek to tell stories through a variety of platforms that appeal to the American heartland faith-and-values audience and showcase themes of hope, heroism, faith, and redemption. Currently, the team has a multiyear film and television deal at Lionsgate.
WILLIAM DOYLE is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author, and has produced television shows for HBO, the History Channel, and PBS. He is the coauthor of American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms (with Chris Kyle), Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story (with Dick Couch), and Let the Children Play: How More Play Will Save Our Schools and Help Children Thrive (with Pasi Sahlberg), and the author of the highly acclaimed 2015 book PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy. William is a Fulbright Scholar and the son of a US Army veteran who served in the Pacific theater during World War II.