Todd Burpo
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back is a 2010 New York Times best-selling Christian book written by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent. It was published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. The book documents the report of a near-death experience by Burpo's then-four-year-old son, Colton. The book recounts the experiences Colton relates from visits he said he made to heaven during a near-death experience. By April 2012 over one million ebooks had been sold, and by 2014 over 10 million copies had been sold. A movie based on the book was released on April 16, 2014, earning over $101 million at the box office.