Mark Hitchcock was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma State University and graduated from law school in 1984. After working for a judge at the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals for four years, Mark was led to attend Dallas Theological Seminary, graduating in 1991. Since that time, he has served as senior pastor of Faith Bible Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. He completed his PhD at Dallas Theological Seminary in 2005 and serves as an associate professor of Bible exposition at DTS. He has authored over thirty books related to end-time Bible prophecy that have sold over one million copies. His books have been translated into over ten languages. Mark is a frequent speaker at churches and prophecy conferences both in the United States and internationally. Mark and his wife, Cheryl, live in Edmond, Oklahoma. They have two sons, Justin (married to Natalee) and Samuel, and two grandchildren..

El abogado Mark Hitchcock pensaba que su carrera se había establecido después de graduarse en la facultad de derecho en 1984 y conseguir un empleo con un juez en la Corte de Apelación Criminal de Oklahoma. Pero luego de lo que Mark llama un “claro llamado al ministerio de tiempo completo”, cambió el rumbo y asistió a Dallas Theological Seminary donde completó una licenciatura en 1991 y obtuvo el título de doctor en 2006. Desde 1991 Mark se ha desempeñado como pastor principal de Faith Bible Church en Edmond, Oklahoma. Ha sido el autor de 15 libros relacionados con las profecías bíblicas de los últimos tiempos y fue colaborador de Left Behind Prophecy Club en Internet por cuatro años. Mark y su esposa Cheryl viven en Edmond con sus dos hijos Justin y Samuel.