Richard Paul Evans

Author Richard Paul Evans was an advertising executive when he self-published his first book, The Christmas Box, in 1993. The book went on to be a New York Times bestseller. Evans has written 16 books, for both adults and children.Bookreporter.com: Author Profile: Richard Paul Evans His most recent book, What a Millionaire Told me About Money: For Women, was released January 20, 2009.Richard Paul Evans: 5 Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me for Women

Evans founded a charity based on his Christmas Box stories, called Christmas Box House International, in 1994. The charities help children who have suffered abuse and neglect by providing resources and housing for them. Christmas Box House International: Home page

"I was finding all these single mothers and I realized that money is being shifted over to women, that more than 80% of all expenditures are made by women, that the purse strings in homes in America are being handled 2:1 over women by men and yet women have never been taught because they grow up with these mixed messages that, you know, good girls don't worry their pretty little heads about money." Glenn Beck - Interviews -: Is that the best you can do? (January 27, 2009)

• Glenn Beck - Interviews -: Is that the best you can do? (January 27, 2009)