Todd Burpo is best known for Heaven Is for Real, co-written with Lynn Vincent, a Christian non-fiction book about his son Colton's near-death experience during emergency surgery. Burpo recounts conversations in which Colton described visiting heaven and meeting people he had not known about, presenting the child's statements through the family's evangelical Christian beliefs. The book combines family memoir, faith testimony and discussion of the afterlife rather than medical investigation or sceptical analysis. Burpo later contributed to related books and editions aimed at younger readers. His work fits Christian testimony, inspirational non-fiction and books about near-death experiences, and is most useful to readers specifically interested in faith-based accounts of heaven. Read more Less