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WaterBrook Signs Girls Gone Bible to Four-Book Deal

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Bestselling authors and hosts of the Girls Gone Bible podcast with more than 100 million views and downloads, Angela Halili and Arielle Reitsma have signed a four-book deal with WaterBrook.

The deal is anchored by a trade book that helps readers confidently read, trust, and apply Scripture to modern-day challenges, fostering a deeper relationship with God and community. Releasing simultaneously will be a video Bible study with participant’s guide and a journal, all scheduled for publication in May 2027. The deal also includes a Bible product to be released in 2028.

World rights were acquired by Campbell Wharton, SVP and Publisher at PRH Christian, and Susan Tjaden, Vice President, Executive Editor at WaterBrook, from Albert Lee and Brandi Bowles of UTA. For rights inquiries, contact Denise Cronin at decronin@penguinrandomhouse.com.

WaterBrook is an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House. In 2026, WaterBrook is celebrating its 30th year of publishing books that seek to intensify and satisfy a reader’s elemental thirst for a deeper relationship with God.

 

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