MetaComet® Systems is delighted to present its cutting edge Royalty Tracker®, a state-of-the-art platform that provides publishers with the highest level of royalty automation available.

The platform combines MetaComet’s 21 years of experience with feedback from over 130 customers and the latest technologies, to make royalty management easier, faster and more intuitive than ever. MetaComet has now onboarded the first users of the revamped platform, who are enjoying major benefits including:

• Rapid and fully automated processing of royalty calculations from sales files, with the capacity to handle millions of transactions every day
• A completely overhauled user interface for intuitive navigation
• Exceptional accuracy of calculations with powerful audit tools for peace of mind
• The fastest implementation speeds available, with one 1,000-title publisher going live in just three weeks
• State-of-the-art reporting features for crystal-clear visibility of royalties and sales
• Seamless integration with other systems and leading payment platforms including NetSuite, Dynamics, QuickBooks, Exactuals and more.

By automating and accelerating every stage of royalty management, Royalty Tracker dramatically reduces the time businesses spend on calculations. It also fosters excellent relationships with royalty recipients, who can access timely, easily understood and fully customized statements online.

Over 30 publishers will be using the new iteration of Royalty Tracker by year-end, using a fast and easy ‘MetaGoLive’ implementation process that requires no technical expertise and is backed by expert support throughout.

David Marlin, President of MetaComet Systems, says: “Our dream has been to achieve push-button™ royalties, and this new platform brings that close to reality. We’re proud and excited to be introducing the benefits of the new Royalty Tracker to our valued clients around the world. We’ve built this new platform from the bottom up, and made multiple aspects better, faster and simpler. MetaComet has always been motivated by the goal of turning royalty management from a laborious chore into a painless procedure, and with the new Royalty Tracker we’re saving businesses more time and money than ever before.”

About MetaComet Systems
MetaComet Systems is a best-in-class provider of royalty management solutions for publishers worldwide. It works with more than 130 publishers of all sizes to provide publishing-specific tools that make every stage of the royalty accounting process more efficient, helping to reduce workload, eliminate errors, generate additional rights income and improve author relations. Beyond its market-leading cloud-based software, MetaComet provides a suite of customer support resources.

For any further information please contact:
Patricia Lady, MetaComet Systems Marketing Manager, email: plady@metacomet.com.

Tim Pietz Takes on Role of Publicity Manager at MBI

WHITE SALMON, Wash., NOV. 8, 2021 — After two years in the role, Alyssa Roat, publicity manager at publisher Mountain Brook Ink, vacated the position to make way for new publicity manager Tim Pietz.

A graduate of Taylor University’s professional writing program with dual degrees in Professional Writing and Strategic Communication, Pietz has previously worked with publishers like Tyndale House, Wheaton Press and Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas as a freelance editor, and has served in marketing capacities at Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas and Brimstone Fiction.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better successor,” Roat said. “I’ve worked with Tim in various professional capacities over the past few years and know him to be diligent and innovative. I’m excited to see where he takes this role.”

Roat will remain with the company in a new and expanded role that is to be announced. Meanwhile, Pietz will take over operations in publicity for both Mountain Brook Ink and the publisher’s speculative fiction imprint, Mountain Brook Fire.

Mountain Brook Ink is based out of White Salmon, Washington and owned by multi-published and ECPA best-selling author, Miralee Ferrell. Specializing in Christian fiction in a wide variety of genres for adult and young adult audiences, Mountain Brook Ink’s books have received numerous honors in awards such the Selah Awards, the Christy Awards, the Carol Awards, the Realm Awards and many more. To find out more about Mountain Brook Ink’s publications go to: www.mountainbrookink.com.

For more information, please contact: Tim Pietz, tim@mountainbrookink.com

Dale Johnson helps erase the stigma of mental health issues in the church to reveal how the church was designed to be the place to go for help

Greensboro, NC—People in our world are struggling—eating disorders, addictions, depression, marital problems—the list goes on and on. Can the church help or is that an outdated concept that no longer fits modern problems? In The Church as a Culture of Care: Finding Hope in Biblical Community (New Growth Press/October 4, 2021), biblical counselor T. Dale Johnson Jr. explains that the church is still the primary place where those who struggle can receive lasting hope and healing.

“Every aspect of the work of the church is intended to care for souls,” Johnson says. “Preaching, shepherding, one-anothering, church discipline, missionary proclamation, personal obedience—all are intended to awaken or strengthen the soul to live faithfully and peacefully in a war-torn and sin-cursed world.”

Pastors and lay leaders in the church often feel inadequate to address certain needs and are unsure of how to help. Johnson wrote this book to help erase the stigma of “mental health issues” in the church and to present the church as the primary haven for answers to deep-seated human problems. Counselors, ministers, and lay leaders will be empowered to have confidence in God’s purpose for the church, the power of his Spirit, and the sufficiency of his Word for soul care.

Johnson shares that one of his purposes in writing the book is to challenge the current narrative which dismisses the church as an antiquated or unprepared institution for the care of souls. “Many claim that prayer is too simplistic, the Word of God too antiquated, and the Holy Spirit insufficient to help the broken and the needy. But Christians too easily dismiss God’s supernatural resources and his church as a vital means of God’s intended care for disquieted souls. The dismissal of these resources graciously provided to us by our all-sufficient God leaves us dependent upon the insufficient and ever-shifting shadows of earthly wisdom.”

Readers will learn that God has designed every function of the church to be an integral part of soul care. God has provided the church with the necessary resources for us to care well for one another. Prayer, the Word, the work of the Holy Spirit, and Christian community are God’s provisions to lead all of us to Christ—even those with the deepest struggles.

“Historically speaking, the church has been the place where people in need of care received care. Toward that end, Dale Johnson has written a brief but powerful call to the church to reclaim this essential mission,” writes Jonathan D. Holmes, executive director of Fieldstone Counseling. “As a pastor and counselor, I was encouraged and reinvigorated for this important work. If there were any doubts as to the church’s role in this vital work of counseling ministry, look no further than Dale’s excellent primer.”

The Church as a Culture of Care: Finding Hope in Biblical Community
by T. Dale Johnson Jr.
October 4, 2021 / Retail Price: $17.99
Print ISBN 978-1-64507-182-2
Religion/Christian Ministry/Counseling & Recovery

T. Dale Johnson Jr., MDiv, PhD, is the Executive Director of The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, a national organization that certified biblical counselors to ensure doctrinal integrity and to promote excellence in biblical counseling, and is the regular host of ACBC’s “Truth in Love” podcast. He also serves as the Director of Counseling Programs and Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Johnson previously served as an associate pastor and continues to seek the strengthening of the church by training pastors and members to minister in their local churches. He is the author of The Church as a Culture of Care. Dale and his wife, Summer, live in Kansas City, Missouri with their six precious children. Dale Johnson can be found on Twitter (@TDaleJohnson) and Instagram (@tdalejohnson).

For review copy and interview information, contact: Audra Jennings – audra@newgrowthpress.com – 903.874.8363

CAROL STREAM, Ill. (November 11, 2021)—Tyndale House Publishers (@tyndalehouse) and Church Answers (@churchanswers) have announced the formation of a new ministry partnership aimed at serving and equipping local churches to thrive in their God-given mission. Tyndale and Church Answers share the conviction that the local church is God’s stage for individual and societal transformation. Through this partnership, cutting-edge initiatives are currently in development to supply church leaders with the most up-to-date tools and information to help local congregations flourish in the twenty-first century.

This partnership includes a multi-book, multi-year agreement with bestselling author and church strategist Thom Rainer (@thomrainer), publishing books that cover topics vital to a church’s life and health. Each core book will have an accompanying video curriculum, participant’s guide, and other ancillary books to empower church leaders and inspire church members.

Thom Rainer, founder and CEO of Church Answers, commented, “From a personal perspective, I am so grateful for the confidence Tyndale has placed in me to write books for local churches for the next several years. From Church Answers’ perspective, the alignment is perfect. Tyndale is one of the leading Christian content providers in the world. I am incredibly enthusiastic about the two organizations working together for local churches for the glory of God.”

In addition to the multi-book agreement, the partnership will feature a new Church Answers Resource book series edited by Thom Rainer. These books will focus on key practical issues for the local church and will include some of the leading authors in the genre.

Ron Beers, Tyndale’s Senior VP and Publisher says, “Tyndale is ecstatic about our long-term partnership with Thom Rainer and Church Answers. Thom is a gifted leader, teacher, and communicator whose personal mission aligns perfectly with Tyndale’s. He is so successful and respected among tens of thousands of churches not only because he is a thoughtful and talented writer, but also because he knows perhaps better than anyone the needs and pulse of the church—its leaders and congregants. Working together, we have no doubt we will create tools to serve the church in unique and powerful ways so that we can all participate more fully in the growth of God’s Kingdom for His glory.”

Tyndale and Church Answers will also work jointly on the new ministry site, ChurchAnswers.com. This platform is one of the largest sites in the world focusing on local church ministry.

Founded in Franklin, Tennessee, Church Answers began in 2019 as the continuation of the platform of Thom Rainer. Today the organization reaches two out of three churches in North America and a growing number of churches globally.

Since its founding in 1962, Tyndale House Publishers has been a voice to trust for generations of readers. Today, Tyndale is one of the largest independent Christian publishers in the world. Tyndale’s mission is to make the Bible accessible to as many people as possible in language that they can relate and respond to. Tyndale publishes the Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT) and offers nonfiction books that equip readers with Christ-centered insight, counsel, and life-improving stories. In addition, Tyndale publishes fiction from fresh new voices and celebrated authors alike, capturing the imagination of millions of readers. With a deep understanding of the importance of nurturing future generations, Tyndale also publishes children’s products that make God’s Word and wisdom come alive. Tyndale’s independent status allows it to follow its founding model, giving a majority of annual revenue—more than $110 million throughout its history—to charitable missions. With every book purchased, Tyndale readers help meet the physical and spiritual needs of people around the world.

 Media Contact: Madeline Daniels, madelinedaniels@tyndale.com

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WESTMONT, IL—Brian Zahnd, a popular conference speaker and author of A Farewell to Mars, has signed a contract for two more books with InterVarsity Press. The first of the two books, tentatively titled The Wood Between the Worlds, is scheduled to release in Winter 2023.

“We are so pleased to continue our publishing relationship with Brian Zahnd,” said Elissa Schauer, managing and associate trade editor at IVP. “This next book focuses on the cross—how it helps us understand who God is and how that knowledge can transform our lives. What we appreciate about Brian is that he writes with both empathy and authenticity as he points us toward a genuine faith that can flourish in this age. He is the pastor so many of us need for this moment in time.”

Zahnd’s first book with IVP, When Everything’s on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes (November 9, 2021), explores the question of whether it’s possible to hold on to faith in an age of unbelief. Zahnd extends an invitation to move beyond the crisis of faith and helps his readers understand and move toward the journey of reconstruction. In his next book, Zahnd looks to the cross to make sense of God in this age of unbelief. He says that everything that can be known about God is in some way present at the cross.

“The cross of Christ is the wood between the worlds,” Zahnd writes. “There is the world that was and the world to come, and in between those two worlds is the wood upon which the Son of God was hung. As in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, the wood between the worlds is a portal. In this world of sin and death we do not despair, because we believe there is a portal that will transport us to a world where, in the beloved words of Lady Julian, ‘All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.’”

Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church, a nondenominational Christian congregation in Saint Joseph, Missouri. He and his wife, Peri, founded the church in 1981. Zahnd is also the author of several books, including Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Water to Wine, Beauty Will Save the World, Unconditional?: The Call of Jesus to Radical Forgiveness and others.

 

Daily devotional introduces children to more than 300 Saints who did extraordinary things for God. Releases Tuesday, Nov. 23.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 11, 2021) – Mother Teresa left her family at age 18 to become a missionary. St. Patrick helped spread Christianity to Ireland. St. Jerome translated the Bible into Latin. St. Jacinta Marto was a prayer warrior who led a crowd of 70,000 people in prayer at only 10 years old. Author Meredith Hines presents a new resource for learning about the lives of Saints and their legacies of faith for young believers in A Saint a Day: 365 True Stories of Faith and Heroism releasing Tuesday, Nov. 23 everywhere books are sold.

The word saint refers to all Christians, but A Saint a Day focuses on Saints with a capital S—those who have been officially recognized by the Catholic Church. To be recognized as a Saint, a few things must happen. For example, when a righteous person dies, witnesses provide evidence of the person’s love for Jesus to the Catholic Church. A Saint a Day: 365 True Stories of Faith and Heroism is a new resource to teach children to walk in faith, act justly, and lead with kindness and humility.

“I wrote A Saint A Day to give children and parents an engaging introduction to the Saints, who are heroes of the Christian faith,” said Hinds. “I think of each devotional as a handshake with a Saint. I want readers to see how each of these Saints, as different as they were, gave everything they had to Jesus. Some Saints were parents and others were priests. Some were wealthy and some had nothing. Some were children and others lived to be very old. But each of the Saints had this in common – Jesus was the center of their life. They lived for Him and they inspire us to do the same – to give Jesus everything.”

A Saint a Day: 365 True Stories of Faith and Heroism readers will learn about Saints, Venerables and Blesseds from all over the world including Africa, the Philippines, South America, South Korea, Mexico, and the United States like Oklahoma, Hawaii, Illinois and more. Children also will learn fascinating facts like who was the first American-born Saint, the first Cuban priest and the first Native American to become a Saint.

Each daily summary can pique the natural curiosity of kids as they discover fun and distinctive details such as who taught the power of children prayers, who had a strange diet of locusts and honey, who was nicknamed the “walking dictionary,” who the Apostles chose to replace Judas Iscariot, who played the accordion, who sat on a 55-foot-high pillar for 36 years and who had a pet lion.

Parents also can find A Saint a Day: 365 True Stories of Faith and Heroism to be a useful tool to prompt thoughtful conversation and value-driven lessons, as Hines shares the considerable challenges that many Saints faced during their life including war, racial tensions, illness, false accusations and more.

“I can’t imagine life without the encouragement of the Saints,” said Hinds. “I find so much help and hope from the stories of their lives. As I researched more than 300 Saints, who lived throughout history and across the world, I became convinced that there is no circumstance or question or challenge that could come up in my life that hasn’t already been faced by one of the Saints.”

A great choice for educational and spiritual development, A Saint a Day: 365 True Stories of Faith and Heroism is perfect for homeschool, Sunday school, Catholic school, a first Communion or graduation gift, or simply a child’s time alone with God. Written for ages 8 to 12, A Saint a Day: 365 True Stories of Faith and Heroism can help children grow in their understanding of church history, the long history of people of faith and better understand how they can love and serve God.

A Saint a Day: 365 True Stories of Faith and Heroism (ISBN: 9781400228539) will be released on November 23, 2021 everywhere books are sold.

About the author, Meredith Hines
Meredith Hinds is a freelance writer and editor who develops books for all audiences and ages, particularly in the Christian market. She’s worked with bestselling authors Philip Yancey and Mark Batterson, and she served as a collaborator, abridger, consultant and teammate for many others. She’s always up for a good story. Hinds lives in Colorado with her husband and three young children.

About the illustrator, Isabel Muñoz
Isabel Muñoz studied fine arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. To paint for a living was her dream, and now she’s proud to be the illustrator of several children’s books. She works from a tiny and colorful studio in the north of Spain. You can follow her work at isabelmg.com.

About Tommy Nelson
Tommy Nelson® is the children’s division of Thomas Nelson. As a leading provider of Christian content, Tommy Nelson publishes a wide variety of high-quality, enjoyable products that are consistent with the teachings found in the Bible. Tommy Nelson’s award-winning products are designed to expand children’s imaginations and nurture their faith while inspiring them to develop a personal relationship with Jesus. For more information, visit www.tommynelson.com.

Media contact:  Natividad Lewis, Publicist, 931.698.9620  natividad.lewis@harpercollins.com

Lake Mary, FL — Author Penny Maxwell recounts her traumatic childhood marked by poverty, abuse, and sexual assault and shares the hard truths she learned through her own healing journey in her powerful new book, Setting Broken Bones: Let God Heal What Hurt You (ISBN-13: 978-1636411132, Charisma House).

Maxwell’s frank and honest anecdotes about her life give a personal connection and voice to what freedom in Christ looks like after heartbreak. “Don’t bail out just because it feels rough sometimes. God has a destination for you, a better place…I know you can make it, because I did.”

Maxwell’s story is a revealing look into a family deeply flawed and broken. In her account, she shares how she was able to find hope and healing through her relationship with Christ. While the journey to forgiveness has not been an easy one, Maxwell notes that the weight that has come off of her shoulders has encouraged her to be the wife, mother, and minister she never would have been without God resetting the “broken bones” of her damaged childhood.

Using the analogy of a person walking around with broken physical bones that never healed properly, Maxwell confronts readers with a truth: we can either walk around in pain as if the bones that were not properly set never healed or experience the temporary pain of having them set properly so healing can occur.

“I have lived in that place of sharp, continuing pain that clouded my emotions and stole my ability to trust anyone,” Maxwell writes. “Thankfully I have received God’s mercy toward the broken. My journey has shown me firsthand how God resets our broken bones so they heal up. That way we can move on in wholeness, peace, and personal fulfillment.”

Maxwell not only experienced a supernatural, transformative forgiveness for those who left scars, but she boldly shares her story to help others come to this same kind of freedom-giving release of past pains.

“Sometimes the pain is sharp, the memory fresh, the feeling persistent,” Maxwell writes. “Or maybe the hurts are so familiar—and so abundant—that you’re not exactly sure what is causing them anymore. But under the surface these wrongly set fractures remain. And they are hindering your progress. It’s hard to do life with bones that healed crookedly. So many try to press through, to get along, to smile, to fake it till they make it to a place of healing…Now is your time. You can heal right. I know because I did.”

No matter what kind of background a person has had—whether one with lots of mountaintops or valleys, Maxwell affirms that God has a plan and a path for each and every person who decides to follow Him, put away the hurt, go for forgiveness, and walk into a new life.

Setting Broken Bones by Penny Maxwell is released by Charisma House, which publishes books that challenge, encourage, teach, and equip Christians.

Instagram: @pennymaxwell
Twitter: @PennyCMaxwell, @tpfaithfh
Facebook: @tpfaith

Penny Maxwell is a dynamic, bold, forward-thinking leader who uses her voice for good. She brings clarity and shares unflinching truth at a time when many find it easier to stay silent. She simply tells it like it is. After surviving a childhood of abuse, she has learned to thrive no matter what the circumstances. Penny and her husband, Troy, pastor the thriving multisite church, Freedom House, in Charlotte, North Carolina. An engaging communicator, she draws people in with her raw, gritty, tell-it-all style, served with a side of humor and sass.

Title: Setting Broken Bones: Let God Heal What Hurt You | Retail: US $18.99 | Release Date: Now Available | Page Count: 192 | ISBN-13: 978-1636411132 | Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina | BISAC Category: RELIGION/ Christian Living/ Personal Growth, RELIGION / Christian Living / Inspiration, RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth

Media Contacts: TKO Publicity
Linda Klosterman, lklosterman@tkomarketing.net
Chelsey Dickson, chelsey@tkomarketing.net

To set up an interview with Penny or for a review copy of “Setting Broken Bones,” please contact  Lklosterman@tkomarketing.net or chelsey@tkomarketing.net.

CHICAGO, IL—Independent Publishers Group (IPG) is excited to announce that their gift books will now be available through Faire.com, a recently launched online wholesale marketplace that exclusively offers products from independent brands to gift retailers. Faire’s online platform allows these retailers to shop for merchandise from a variety of vendors in the comfort of their own store or home.

Faire was founded in 2017 and currently has 250,000 retail customers across 15,000 cities. Faire sets out to simplify the wholesale buying process and bring independent brands to retailers – leveling the playing field for small businesses everywhere. IPG is considered an independent brand on Faire.com, giving publishers in the IPG list access to this exclusive marketplace.

“IPG is excited to partner with Faire.com to expand its sales reach deeper into the gift market,” said Michael Riley, vice president of sales at IPG. “Utilizing Faire’s rapidly growing platform, we’re able to reach a wider array of gift retailers that value and support independent brands.” Larger publishing houses are not able to participate directly through Faire’s independent brand marketplace, making this a fantastic opportunity for IPG publishers.

IPG’s partnership with Faire will work in conjunction with their existing gift program and reps, bringing in the most possible business for IPG publishers.

About IPG:
In June of 2021, Independent Publishers Group (IPG, www.ipgbook.com) celebrated its 50th anniversary. As the original North American distributor, IPG was founded specifically to represent titles from independent publishers to the book trade. Today IPG remains committed to reimagining distribution and has grown to provide its publishers with services ranging from pre-publication consultation, global sales, marketing & publicity, supply chain, print and digital distribution, data and reporting, to print brokerage. With consistent growth year over year, IPG’s success has come from giving publishers broader reach into more markets, including general trade, academic, children’s, Spanish and special markets.

Contact: Annette Hobbs Magier, VP, Marketing & Publicity, 312.337.0747, ahobbsmagier@ipgbook.com

Victoria Duerstock and Paige Rien Candidly Discuss the Parallels of the Work We Do in Our Homes and Our Souls in ‘Revived and Renovated’

NASHVILLE, Tenn., November 2021—It’s hard to hear the terms “revival” and “renovation” without picturing one of HGTV’s many dynamic duos in safety goggles with hammers in hand. But reviving and renovating both have much deeper meanings when they’re applied inwardly. Interior design personalities, bestselling authors, close friends, and a dynamic duo of their own, Victoria Duerstock and Paige Rien take a look at the parallels between reviving and renovating our homes and our souls in their new book, Revived and Renovated: Real Life Conversations on the Intersection of Home, Faith and Everything in Between (End Game Press, November 2021).

“We tend to think of renovation as a big project to the home, but renovations come in all shapes and sizes,” writes Duerstock. “Sometimes more substantial work is required to make a house better—sometimes, all that’s required or possible is a deep clean and good paint job. God’s work in us is no different—at times it’s earth-shattering, other times it’s more subtle and gentle.”

A candid conversation between friends, Revived and Renovated combines the wisdom and life experiences of two do-it-yourself professional home renovators, their life and spiritual journeys, and biblical wisdom to encourage readers as they do the work of reviving and renovating their souls. Duerstock and Rien delve into other aspects of these journeys as well, including what it means to restore, refurbish, reclaim, renew, refocus, remake, repurpose, rename, and recover different areas of our homes and our souls.

Duerstock and Rien are available for interviews and can speak to:

• The similarities between home and soul renovation
• How to find spiritual revival on a daily basis
• What authenticity looks like in our homes and in our hearts
• The importance of godly friends on our spiritual journeys
• What it means to reclaim your story
• The key to reclaiming and refurbishing our lives: the Gospel
• Recovery from addiction and restoration from personal brokenness

“I think that the idea of recovering one day at a time and growing in our walk with God one day at a time, it’s beautiful,” writes Rien. “It’s like an old piece of furniture that needs a lot of work, but we’re getting there, slowly but surely.”

Covering topics of home renovation with corresponding Biblical wisdom and perspectives from their personal walks with God, Revived and Renovated will be an encouragement to young and old alike. 

About Victoria Duerstock
A multi-passionate creative and entrepreneur fueled mostly by coffee, Victoria Duerstock pursues her dreams with verve and intensity. Wife and mom of three, Victoria divides and conquers the never-ending to-do list while working to maintain her sanity and pleasant demeanor. Her writing journey plunged her deep in the social media landscape and she enjoys sharing her tips and tricks for growth and engagement with others. Recipient of the 2020 Selah Nonfiction Book of the Year, Duerstock has authored six titles, with more on the way. She is the founder and president of End Game Press, a traditional publishing house where ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things. Learn more at www.victoriaduerstock.com.

About Paige Rien
Paige Rien is an author, designer, and HGTV alum whose mission to help readers put their whole selves into their homes. After a career on HGTV’s “Hidden Potential” for five seasons, Paige created a homeowners guide to explore and encourage the creative journey that is home making in her first book, Love the House You’re In: 40 Ways to Improve Your Home & Change Your Life. Paige is passionate that work on the home is incredibly important—that our homes can be places of refuge, self-expression, and where we truly matter the most. Work on both her home and the homes of others has been part of Paige’s 20+ year recovery journey. When not watching her four active children play their respective sports, Paige guides and encourages homeowners to create their own personal aesthetic in private design consulting, through live courses and in speaking engagements.

Media Contact: Shanon Stowe, shanon@iconmediagroup.com

Ada, Mich. (November 3, 2021)—On Thursday, October 28, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) announced the 2021 Christy Award winners in a virtual gala. Four Baker Publishing Group authors were recipients of this prestigious award, including Amanda Cox, whose debut novel, The Edge of Belonging (Revell; ISBN 9780800737405; ebook ISBN 9781493426577; $15.99), won both the 2021 Christy Book of the Year Award and the First Novel Award. ECPA said, “This is the third time in the award’s history that a debut novel was named Book of the Year.”

Becky Wade received her fourth Christy Award in the Contemporary Romance category for Stay with Me (Bethany House; ISBN 9780764235603; ebook ISBN 9781493425204; $15.99). Wade has been a recipient of the Christy Award in the same category in 2019, 2018, and 2017 and won the 2018 Book of the Year Award for her novel True to You.

Christina Suzann Nelson received a Christy Award in the General Fiction category for The Way It Should Be (Bethany House; ISBN 9780764235399; ebook ISBN 9781493429936; $15.99).

Roseanna M. White also won a Christy Award in the Historical Romance category for her novel A Portrait of Loyalty (Bethany House; ISBN 9780764231834; ebook ISBN 9781493428175; $15.99).

ECPA President Jeff Crosby stated, “I add my voice of commendation to all of the finalists and winners, and to Amanda Cox for her first novel named as the 2021 Christy Book of the Year. In partnership with their publishers, the following writers are exemplars for the Christian fiction genre.”

The Christy Award® program was established in 1999 as a way to honor excellence, imagination, and creativity for works of fiction written from a Christian worldview. ECPA assumed administration and ownership of the Christy Awards in 2017 and continues to work toward growing the unique opportunity of fiction in the Christian publishing industry. For the complete list of winners, please visit https://www.christyawards.com/finalists-winners.html.

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.

Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, seeks to uplift readers’ families, faith, and free time with our library of industry-leading fiction and bestselling, Christ-centered nonfiction.

Contact: Karen Steele, (616)676-9185 x100, ksteele@bakerpublishinggroup.com