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Brian James Godawa (born November 10, 1961) is an American
screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...
and author. He wrote the screenplay for '' To End All Wars'' and '' The Visitation'', and co-wrote '' Change Your Life!'' with
Adam Christing Adam Christing is an American comedian, author, and motivational speaker from La Mirada, California. He is the founder and president of Clean Comedians, an organization composed of comedians, speakers, and entertainers who refrain from usin ...
and ''
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'' with
Phelim McAleer Ann McElhinney (born 1964) and Phelim McAleer (born 1967) are conservative Irish documentary filmmakers and ''New York Times'' best-selling authors. They have written and produced the political documentaries ''FrackNation'', '' Not Evil Just Wr ...
. Godawa's book, ''Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment'' (), is in its ninth printing. He is also a contributor to the BioLogos Forum. His acclaimed Biblical Fantasy books, the Nephilim Chronicles, is an imaginative retelling of Biblical stories of the
Nephilim The Nephilim (; ''Nəfīlīm'') are mysterious beings or people in the Hebrew Bible who are large and strong. The word ''Nephilim'' is loosely translated as ''giants'' in some translations of the Hebrew Bible, but left untranslated in others. ...
giants, the secret plans of the fallen Watchers (angel), and the War of the Seed of Serpent with the Seed of Eve. The sequel series, ''Chronicles of the Apocalypse'', tells the story of John the Apostle's Book of Revelation. The ''Chronicles of the Watchers'' recounts true history through the Watcher paradigm.


Early and personal life

Godawa was born on November 10, 1961, in
Arlington Heights, Illinois Arlington Heights is a municipality in Cook County with a small portion in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about northwest of the city's downtown. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 77,676. Per the ...
, the son of Erwin and Lorraine Godawa, at
Northwest Community Hospital Northwest Community Hospital (NCH) is a 489-bed acute care hospital in Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1959, the hospital serves 200,000 outpatients and 20,000 inpatients annually. The hospital operates a Level 2 Trauma Cent ...
, the third child of the couple (the first two being Michael and Cynthia). Godawa attended Northern Illinois University, where he received his
Bachelor of Fine Arts A Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students for pursuing a professional education in the visual, fine or performing arts. It is also called Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) in some cases. Background The Bachelor ...
with Honors in Illustration. He resides near Los Angeles, California with his wife Kimberly.


Other works


Chronicles of the Nephilim Book series

# ''
Noah Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...
'' ''Primeval'' (2011) () # ''Enoch'' ''Primordial'' (2012) () # '' Gilgamesh'' ''Immortal'' (2012) () # '' Abraham'' ''Allegiant'' (2013) () # '' Joshua'' ''Valiant'' (2013) () # ''
Caleb Caleb (), sometimes transliterated as Kaleb ( he, כָּלֵב, ''Kalev'', ; Tiberian vocalization: Kālēḇ; Hebrew Academy: Kalev), is a figure who appears in the Hebrew Bible as a representative of the Tribe of Judah during the Israelites' ...
'' ''Vigilant'' (2013) () # '' David'' ''Ascendant'' (2014) () # '' Jesus'' ''Triumphant'' (2015) ()


Chronicles of the Apocalypse Book series

# ''Tyrant'' '':Rise of the Beast '' (2017) (ISBN 1942858256) # ''Remnant: Rescue of the Elect'' (2017) (ISBN 1942858280) # ''Resistant: Revolt of the Jews'' (2018) (ISBN 1942858353) # ''Judgement'''': Wrath of the Lamb'' (2018) (ISBN 1942858426)


Chronicles of the Watchers Book series

# '' Jezebel: Harlot Queen of Israel'' (2016) # ''Qin'' '': Dragon Emperor of China'' (2018) # ''
Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...
: Against the Gods of Egypt'' (2021)


Related books

* ''The Spiritual World of Ancient China and the Bible'' (2019) * ''The Spiritual World of Jezebel and Elijah'' (2019)


Watchers, The Nephilim, and the Cosmic War of the Seed

# ''When Giants Were Upon the Earth'' (2021) # ''When Watchers Ruled the Nations'' (2020)


Other Books

* ''Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment'' (2002) * ''Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story and Imagination'' (2009) () * ''Myth Became Fact: Storytelling, Imagination, and Apologetics in the Bible'' (2012) () * ''When Giants Were Upon the Earth: The Watchers, the Nephilim, and the Biblical Cosmic War of the Seed'' (2014) * ''The Book of Enoch: Scripture, Heresy or What?'' (2016) * ''God Against the Gods: Storytelling, Imagination and Apologetics in the Bible'' (2016) * ''End Times Bible Prophecy: It’s Not What They Told You'' (2017) * ''Israel in Bible Prophecy: The New Testament Fulfillment of the Promise to Abraham'' (2017) * ''Psalm 82: The Divine Council of the Gods, the Judgment of the Watchers and the'' (2018) * ''Inheritance of the Nations'' (2018) * ''The Spiritual World of Ancient China and the Bible: Biblical Background to the Novel Qin: Dragon Emperor of China'' (2019) * ''The Spiritual World of Jezebel and Elijah: Biblical Background to the Novel Jezebel: Harlot Queen of Israel'' (2019) * ''When Watchers Ruled the Nations: Pagan Gods at War with Israel’s God and the Spiritual World of the Bible'' (2020)


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* * 1961 births Living people American Christian writers American male screenwriters Film theorists American male non-fiction writers Writers from Illinois People from Arlington Heights, Illinois Northern Illinois University alumni {{US-screen-writer-stub