Joshua Harris (full name Joshua Eugene Harris) was born on December 30, 1974 in Dayton, Ohio and he is an American pastor and writer famous for I Kissed Dating Goodbye, a book that advocates what he believes is a biblical approach to dating and relationships.
As a teenager, Harris published New Attitude, a magazine aimed at fellow home-schoolers, from 1994 to 1997.
He published his first book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, in 1997. It has sold nearly one million copies worldwide. Subsequent publications include Boy Meets Girl, in part describing his engagement to his wife, Shannon, released in 2000, Not Even a Hint: Guarding Your Heart Against Lust in 2003 (renamed Sex Isn't the Problem, Lust Is in 2005), and Stop Dating the Church!: Fall in Love with the Family of God released in 2004.