Joel C. Rosenberg - Writing Career

Writing Career

Following Netanyahu's loss in 1999, Rosenberg decided to retire from politics altogether and begin a new career in writing. His first book, The Last Jihad, was the first of a five-part fictional series involving terrorism and how it may relate to Bible Prophecy. The book was written nine months before the September 11th attacks, (a revised edition takes the event into account) and was published in 2002. When published, The Last Jihad spent 11 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, reaching as high as number seven. It also appeared on the USA Today and Publishers Weekly best-seller lists, and hit number four on the Wall Street Journal list. The book was followed by The Last Days, which spent four weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List, hit number five on the Denver Post list, and hit number eight on the Dallas Morning News list. Following the successes of his first two novels, The Ezekiel Option was published in 2005, The Copper Scroll in 2006, and the final book, Dead Heat in 2008.

Rosenberg also wrote a non-fictional account of current events and Bible Prophecy in the book Epicenter. It was published in September 2006 and an accompanying DVD was produced in the summer of 2007. His second non-fiction book, Inside the Revolution, which talked about the different sects of Islam in the Middle East and asserted that significant amount of moderate Muslims are converting to Christianity in the region was released in 2009 and also made it onto the New York Times best-seller list, reaching as high as #7 as of 27 March 2009. His 2011 book, The Twelfth Imam, also deals with terrorism and Iran gaining nuclear power.