Jim Stovall

Jim Stovall

Jim Stovall is an American writer best known for his bestselling novel "The Ultimate Gift". The book was made into the movie "The Ultimate Gift", distributed by 20th Century Fox.

Stovall is blind and is an advocate on behalf of people with blindness. He advocated for the blind by making television and movies accessible to the blind through his work as President of the Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television Network.

He is a graduate of Oral Roberts University. On May 3, 2008, he received a Honorary Doctorate of Law from ORU for his work with the disabled.

In the book, Forbes Great Success Stories: Twelve Tales of Victory Wrested from Defeat (Hardcover)by Alan Farnham, Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes Jr., president and CEO of Forbes magazine, says, “Jim Stovall is one of the most extraordinary men of our era.”


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