Lee Patrick Strobel (born January 25, 1952) is an American Christian author and a former investigative journalist.

[3] He also hosted a television program called Faith Under Fire on PAX TV[4] and runs a video apologetics web site.

In 1980, the UPI Illinois Editors Association newspaper award program gave him a first place for public service (the Len H. Small Memorial award) for his coverage of the Ford Pinto crash trial involving a class-action lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company in Winamac, Indiana.

[8][9] Strobel states he was an atheist when he began investigating the biblical claims about Jesus Christ after his wife's conversion.

[15] In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Southern Evangelical Seminary in recognition of his contributions to Christian apologetics.