Richard Paul Evans

For other people of the same name, see Richard Evans (disambiguation).

New York Times Best Selling Author Richard Paul Evans

Richard Paul Evans (born October 11, 1962 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American author.

Biography

Evans graduated from Cottonwood High School in Salt Lake City. He graduated with a B.A. degree from the University of Utah in 1984. While working as an advertising executive he wrote a Christmas story for his children. Unable to find a publisher or an agent, he self-published the work in 1993 as a paperback novella entitled The Christmas Box. He distributed it to book stores in his community.

The book became a local bestseller, prompting Evans to publish the book nationally. The next year The Christmas Box hit #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, inciting an auction for the publishing rights among the world's top publishing houses. Evans signed a publishing deal with Simon & Schuster, who paid Evans $4.2 million in an advance. Released in hardcover in 1995, The Christmas Box became the first book to simultaneously reach the number-one position on the New York Times bestseller list for both paperback and hardcover editions. That same year, the book was made into a television movie of the same title, starring Richard Thomas and Maureen O'Hara.

Evans has subsequently written eleven nationally best-selling books, including those for children, most with conservative Christian themes and appealing to family values. His 1996 book Timepiece was made into a television movie featuring James Earl Jones and Ellen Burstyn, as was 1998's The Locket, which starred Vanessa Redgrave, and 2003's A Perfect Day, which starred Rob Lowe and Christopher Lloyd.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

• The Christmas Box Miracle: My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing, and Hope (2001)
• The Five Lessons A Millionaire Taught Me: About Life and Wealth (2004)
• The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me for Women (2009)

Novels

• The Christmas Box (1994)
• Timepiece (1996)
• The Letter (1996)
• Christmas Every Day (1996)
• First Gift of Christmas (1996)
• The Locket (1998)
• The Dance (1999)
• The Looking Glass (1999)
• The Carousel (2000)
• The Last Promise (2002)
• A Perfect Day (2003)
• The Sunflower (2005)
• Finding Noel (2006)
• The Gift (2007)
• Grace (2008)
• The Christmas List (2009)
• The Walk (2010)
• Promise Me (2010)
• Miles to Go (2011)
• Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 (2011)
• Michael Vey: The Rise of the Elgen (TBA)

Children's books

• The Dance (1999)
• The Spyglass: A Book About Faith (2000)
• The Tower (2001)
• The Christmas Candle (2002)
• The Light of Christmas (2003)

External links

• The Christmas Box House International charity website
• Richard Paul Evans official web site
• Winning in the Margins Site