Alumni and Friends Directory

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Biography

Richard Paul Evans is a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 novels, including the Michael Vey series. There are currently more than 20 million copies of his books in print worldwide. Richard has won the American Mothers Book Award, two first place Storytelling World Awards, The Romantic Times Best Women's Novel of the Year Award, the German Leserpreis Gold Award for Romance and three RCC Wilbur Awards.

Richard is also the Founder and Chairman of The Christmas Box International, an organization that provides shelter and care for abused and neglected children. For his humanitarian work, Richard has received the Washington Times Humanitarian of the Century Award and the Volunteers of America National Empathy Award. Richard lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife, Keri, and their five children.