Ada, Mich. (January 21, 2020)—Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, is pleased to announce that All Manner of Things (Revell; ISBN 9780800735692; ebook ISBN 9781493417926; $15.99) by Susie Finkbeiner and We Hope for Better Things (Revell; ISBN 9780800734916; ebook ISBN 9781493416431; $15.99) by Erin Bartels have been selected as 2020 Michigan Notable Book Award winners. For a complete list of winners, visit www.michigan.gov/notablebooks.
Every year, the Michigan Notable Books committee selects twenty books from various genres that reflect the state’s rich cultural, historical, and literary heritage. For the 2020 Michigan Notable Books list, Timothy Gleisner, head of Special Collections at the Library of Michigan, stated, “I was just amazed at how many books actually had the potential to be picked and how much winnowing we had to do before we had the list the whole committee felt comfortable with.”
Michigan Notable Books is a statewide program that originated in 1991 as part of the Michigan Week celebration. Each title selected must have a connection with Michigan, whether it is written about the state or written by a Michigan author.
Susie Finkbeiner is the CBA bestselling author of All Manner of Things, as well as A Cup of Dust, A Trail of Crumbs, and A Song of Home. She serves on the Fiction Readers Summit planning committee, volunteers her time at Ada Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and speaks at retreats and women’s events across the country. Susie and her husband have three children and live in West Michigan.
Erin Bartels is the author of We Hope for Better Things and The Words between Us and has been a publishing professional for seventeen years. A freelance writer and editor, she is a member of Capital City Writers and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association and is former features editor of WFWA’s Write On! magazine. Her short story “This Elegant Ruin” was a finalist in the Saturday Evening Post 2014 Great American Fiction Contest. She grew up in the Bay City, Michigan, area and has spent much of her life waiting on drawbridges. She lives in Lansing, Michigan, with her husband, Zachary, and their son. Find her online at www.erinbartels.com.
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, publishes books that help bring the Christian faith to everyday life. Whether through fiction, Christian living, self-help, marriage, family, or youth books, each Revell publication reflects relevance, integrity, and excellence.
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