Richard Paul Evans – författare

"It has been said, 'Seek not your destiny for it is seeking you'." So begins this new and powerful novel from Richard Paul Evans, bestselling author of The Christmas Box, The Looking Glass, The Carousel, and more. In the wake of personal tragedy, two people meet on a humanitarian mission in Peru, building an orphanage for homeless children. One is Paul Cook, a former emergency room doctor, whose glamorous lifestyle, stellar reputation, and beautiful fiancée are cruelly snatched from him on one fateful, snowy Christmas Eve. The other is Christine, a shy and unadventurous young woman, whose fiancé leaves her a week before her wedding. Against a backdrop of poverty and heartache, these two will discover the strength of the human heart and its boundless capacity for love.

Since it was first published, more than seven million people have been touched by the magic of The Christmas Box, a holiday classic that is as beloved in our time as A Christmas Carol was in Dickens's.When New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans wrote The Christmas Box, he intended it as a private expression of love for his two young daughters, Jenna and Allyson. Though he often told them that he loved them, he didn't feel that they could ever really understand the depth of his feelings until they had experienced the joy of rearing their own children, and by that time their relationship would have changed forever. In writing The Christmas Box, he hoped that at some time in the future they would read the book and know of their father's love. As Evans began to write, he was amazed at the inspiration that flowed into his mind and heart. He completed the moving story of a widow and the young family who comes to live with her in less than six weeks, and bound twenty copies to give as Christmas presents to family and friends. In the following weeks, those twenty copies were shared and passed along from family to family, from friend to friend, and what began as a tale for two little girls became a message of miracles, hope, and healing for people throughout the world.