is the author of (twelve) consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including The Gift, Finding Noel, The Sunflower, The Last Promise, The Locket trilogy and The Christmas Box trilogy. With more than 14 million copies of his books in print, his novels have been made into major television productions and translated into more than twenty-one languages. Evans has won awards for his writing--including two first-place Storytelling World Awards for his children's books and the 2005 Romantic Times award for best Women's Fiction. He has also received awards for his work as the founder of The Christmas Box House International, an organization dedicated to preventing child abuse and protecting battered and abandoned children. His organization has built Christmas Box House shelters throughout his home state of Utah and in Peru. A sought-after speaker, Evans has been featured on the Today Show, CNN, The Glenn Beck Show and in The New York Times, Time magazine, The Washington Post, Reader's Digest, USA TODAY, and TV Guide, among others. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife, Keri, and their five children.
