Richard Paul Evans is the #1 bestselling author of "The Christmas Box". Each of his more than twenty-five novels has been a "New York Times "bestseller. There are more than twenty million copies of his books in print worldwide, translated into more than twenty-four languages. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Mothers Book Award, the "Romantic Times" Best Women s Novel of the Year Award, the German Audience Gold Award for Romance, two Religion Communicators Council Wilbur Awards, the "Washington Times" Humanitarian of the Century Award and the Volunteers of America