In 1996 his book, Timepiece, was also made into a television movie starring Naomi Watts, James Earl Jones, and Ellen Burstyn. In 1995, The Christmas Box was made into a movie for television, starring Richard Thomas and Maureen O'Hara. Simon and Schuster won the bidding with their advance payment of $4.2 million! They released the book in hardcover in 1995, and it became the first book to be NYT #1 bestseller in both hard cover and paperback. That distinction led to a bidding war among publishers (who originally had no interest). The following year, The Christmas Box became the #2 bestseller on the New York Times list. He distributed his book to area bookstores, and it became a huge local success. He had been working full time as an advertising executive, when he decided to write a Christmas story for his children. That book was entitled, The Christmas Box. Showing great tenacity, American author, Richard Paul Evans, grew up in Murray City, Utah, and when he decided to write and publish a book, he could not find a willing publisher, so he self-published.
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