Barry Cooper was born in Epsom, United Kingdom. He was educated at St Catherine's College, Oxford and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago. He has co-authored numerous books and resources including Christianity Explored, If You Could Ask God One Question, CY, The Real Jesus and Discipleship Explored.
He is also writer of the Future Perfect, Present Tense blog.
Discipleship Explored, an eight-part DVD series written and presented by Cooper, was released on October 17, 2008.