Jim Stovall (born August 3, 1958) is an American writer best known for his bestselling novel The Ultimate Gift.[1] The book was made into the movie The Ultimate Gift, distributed by 20th Century Fox. The Ultimate Gift has a sequel called The Ultimate Life. He is a graduate of Oral Roberts University. On May 3, 2008, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Law from ORU for his work with the disabled. Stovall is blind and is an advocate on behalf of people with blindness. He worked to make television and movies accessible to the blind through as President of the Narrative Television Network, an organization that has received various award recognitions including an Emmy award, a Media Access Award and an International Film and Video Award. In the book, Forbes Great Success Stories: Twelve Tales of Victory Wrested from Defeat by Alan Farnham, Malcolm Stevenson Steve Forbes Jr., president and CEO of Forbes magazine, said Jim Stovall is one of the most extraordinary men of our era. [2] External links[edit] References[edit] ^ Google books - The Ultimate Gift By Jim Stovall ^ Google books - Ultimate Productivity By Jim Stovall Retrieved from Categories: 1958 births20th-century American novelists21st-century American novelists American male novelists Blind people from the United States Disability rights activists from the United States Living people Oral Roberts University alumni American novelist, 1950s birth stubs.
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Jim Stovall has been a national champion Olympic weightlifter, a successful investment broker and entrepreneur. He is Co- Founder and President of the Narrative Television Network, which makes movies and television accessible for our nation's 13 million blind and visually impaired people and their families. Although originally designed for the blind and visually impaired, over 60% of NTN's nationwide audience is made up of fully-sighted people who simply enjoy the programming. Jim Stovall hosts the Network's talk show, NTN Showcase. His guests have included Katharine Hepburn, Jack Lemmon, Carol Channing, Steve Allen, and Eddie Albert, as well as many others. The Narrative Television Network has received an Emmy Award and an International Film and Video Award among its many industry honors. NTN has grown to include over 1,200 cable systems and broadcast stations, reaching over 35 million homes in the United States, and NTN is shown in 11 foreign countries. Jim Stovall joined the ranks of Walt Disney, Orson Welles, and four United States presidents when he was selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans by the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. He has appeared on Good Morning America and CNN, and has been featured in Reader's Digest, TV Guide and Time magazine. He is the author of a previous book entitled You Don't Have To Be Blind To See, as well as his new book Success Secrets of Super Achievers. The President's Committee on Equal Opportunity selected Jim Stovall as the 1997 Entrepreneur of the Year.
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