Charles D. Fraune, the author of Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know (among others) is the founder of the Slaying Dragons Apostolate and Slaying Dragons Press, dedicated to writing, research, and other work on the topic of spiritual warfare and the power of grace.
Charles was the founding Theology teacher of Christ the King Catholic High School in Huntersville, NC and was a Theology teacher there for ten years. In addition, he has taught nearly every grade level, from second grade to adult, including on the college and Diocesan levels. He spent three semesters in seminary with the Diocese of Raleigh at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Pennsylvania. This completed a nine-year discernment of the priesthood and religious life after which he discerned that Our Lord was not calling him to the priesthood.
He has a Master of Arts in Theology from the Christendom College Graduate School, as well as an Advanced Apostolic Catechetical Diploma. His enjoyment of writing began over twenty years ago, and finally culminated in his first completed book, Come Away By Yourselves, a guide to prayer for busy Catholics. In addition to this, he has been working on books related to various aspects of the Catholic Faith, and to the powerful story of his return to the Catholic Faith after a time struggling with illness and depression.
His major work is currently Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know, a very popular book being sold internationally in three languages, despite the fact that it is self-published. Available on Amazon and on his own website here.
He also wrote a popular spiritual warfare manual for youth, young adults, and their parents, called Swords and Shadows: Navigating Youth Amidst the Wiles of Satan. Available on Amazon and on his own website here.
He has completed the spiritual warfare manual, study guide and companion book to Slaying Dragons called Slaying Dragons - Prepare for Battle: Applying the Wisdom of Exorcists to Your Spiritual Warfare. Available on Amazon and on his own website here.
On March 25th, 2023, he completed the first book written within his full-time work with Slaying Dragons Apostolate, called The Rise of the Occult: What Exorcists & Former Occultists Want You To Know.
On January 25th, 2024, he completed a second book based on the same research that produced The Rise of the Occult, publishing The Occult Among Us: Exorcists and Former Occultists Expose the Nature of This Modern Evil.
Brief bio:
Charles D. Fraune was the founding Theology teacher of Christ the King Catholic High School in Huntersville, NC and was a Theology teacher there for ten years. He now works full-time with his Slaying Dragons Apostolate, writing and researching on topics related to spiritual warfare. He has a Master of Arts in Theology from the Christendom College Graduate School, as well as an Advanced Apostolic Catechetical Diploma. He is the author of Come Away By Yourselves, a guide to prayer for busy Catholics, Swords and Shadows: Navigating Youth Amidst the Wiles of Satan, and the international best-selling spiritual warfare book Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know (also in Spanish). He has also completed a much-requested study guide to Slaying Dragons that serves as a companion book and spiritual warfare manual, called Slaying Dragons - Prepare for Battle: Applying the Wisdom of Exorcists to Your Spiritual Warfare. In March 2023, he completed his first book written after embarking on full-time work with the Slaying Dragons Apostolate, called The Rise of the Occult: What Exorcists & Former Occultists Want You To Know. In January of 2024, he completed a second book on the topic of the occult, called The Occult Among Us: Exorcists and Former Occultists Expose the Nature of This Modern Evil. He lives in the Diocese of Charlotte, NC with his wife and four children.