Richard Paul Evans

When Richard Paul Evans wrote the #1 global best-seller "The Christmas Box," he never intended on becoming an internationally known author. The story was written as an expression of love for his then two young daughters.

Three years later, this quiet, simple story of parental love and the true meaning of Christmas made history when it became simultaneously the #1 hardcover and paperback book in the nation. Since then, more than 8 million copies of "The Christmas Box" have been printed.

Seven of Evans’s books were produced into television movies and have starred such well-known actors as Maureen O’Hara, Rob Lowe, Christopher Lloyd, James Earl Jones, Naomi Watts, and Academy award winners Vanessa Redgrave and Ellen Burstyn. He has since written more than 46 consecutive New York Times bestsellers and is one of the few authors in history to have hit both the fiction and non-fiction bestseller lists. There are currently more than 35 million copies of his books in print.

Evans has won the American Mothers book award, two first place Storytelling World awards, The Romantic Times Best Women’s Novel of the Year Award, the German Leserpreis Gold Award for Romance, and is a five-time recipient of the Religion Communicator’s Council’s Wilbur Award among more than a dozen other awards for his young adult series Michael Vey.

In the fall of 1998, Evans founded The Christmas Box International, an organization devoted to maintaining emergency shelters and providing services and resources for abused, neglected, or homeless children, teens, and young adults. To date, more than 140,000 children have been served by the Christmas Box House facilities and programs.

Evans lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife, Keri, and their five children. He continues to engage audiences across the country using insights drawn from his extensive writing and charitable experiences.