Ada, MI (June 9, 2021)—On June 2, 2021, Eva Marie Everson, contest director for the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, announced the 2021 Selah Award winners in a presentation that took place at the Ridgecrest Conference Center in Ridgecrest, North Carolina. Baker Publishing Group titles received twelve awards, including the 2021 Fiction Book of the Year, which was awarded to Sarah Loudin Thomas for her novel The Right Kind of Fool (Bethany House; ISBN 9780764234019; ebook ISBN 9781493428144; $15.99). Thomas’s book also received the first place award in the Historical/Biblical fiction category.
James R. Hannibal’s novel Chasing the White Lion (Revell; ISBN 9780800735784; ebook ISBN 9781493421145; $15.99) received the Directors’ Choice award in the Fiction category and also took first place in the Mystery/Suspense Fiction category.
365 Ways to Love Your Child (Revell; ISBN 9780800738846; ebook ISBN 9781493427932; $9.99) by Julie Lavender received the first place Directors’ Choice award in the Devotional category.
Additional winners included:
Contemporary Women’s Fiction (First Place): On a Coastal Breeze by Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell; ISBN 9780800734992; ebook ISBN 9781493423149; $15.99)
Contemporary Romance Fiction (First Place): Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish by Bethany Turner (Revell; ISBN 9780800735234; ebook ISBN 9781493423156; $15.99)
Contemporary Romance Fiction (Second Place tie): Two Steps Forward by Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell; ISBN 9780800727536; ebook ISBN 9781493421121; $15.99)
Historical Romance Fiction (Second Place): Forever Hidden by Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse (Bethany House; ISBN 9780764232480; ebook ISBN 9781493422814; $15.99)
Historical/Biblical Fiction (Third Place tie): Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green (Bethany House; ISBN 9780764233302; ebook ISBN 9781493422753; $15.99)
Historical/Biblical Fiction (Third Place tie): Stories That Bind Us by Susie Finkbeiner (Revell; ISBN 9780800735708; ebook ISBN 9781493423187; $15.99)
General Fiction (Third Place): The Promised Land by Elizabeth Musser (Bethany House; ISBN 9780764234453; ebook ISBN 9781493428250; $15.99)
The Selah Awards were established in 2011 on behalf of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference and was designed to honor the best books in Christian publishing. For a complete list of winners, please visit https://www.facebook.com/TheSelahAwards/posts/1729556497239301.
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