The Reading Warehouse

Richard Paul Evans is the #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box. Each of his more than twenty novels has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list; there are more than seventeen million copies of his books in print. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages, and several have been international bestsellers. He is the winner of the American Mothers Book Award, two first place Storytelling World Awards for his children's books, and the Romantic Times Best Women's Novel of the Year Award. Evans received the Washington Times Humanitarian of the Century Award and the Volunteers of America National Empathy Award for his work helping abused children. He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and their five children.

David La Graffe is an actor and educator who has taught acting and improvisation for fifteen years in Portland, Maine. As a stage actor, his favorite roles include George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Robert in A Life in the Theatre, Donny in American Buffalo, Willie in Death of a Salesman, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, and Sweeney in Sweeney Todd. David was also a reader for Maine Reads, a Maine Public Radio series, and is presently a member of the Rocky Coast Radio Theatre.