Jeffrey A. Nesbit is an American author and politician serving as the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Public Affairs.

His novel Peace begins the day that Israel decides to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, and explores what might happen next.

Nesbit is the author of 20 novels such as The Insider, Ryun's Story and The Sioux Society with Tyndale, Zondervan, Thomas Nelson, Hodder & Stoughton, Harold Shaw (now part of Random House) and Victor Books (now David C. Cook).

He was former Vice President Dan Quayle's communications director[4] at the White House, and a senior public affairs official in the U.S. Senate and federal agencies such as the FDA.

He also served as the Director of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at the National Science Foundation.