06/01/16

Winners of the 2016 Selah Awards were recently announced at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, and two Baker Publishing Group titles were chosen. Lightning by Bonnie S. Calhoun won in the Speculative Fiction category, and Until the Harvest by Sarah Loudin Thomas won in the Historical Romance category. The Selah Awards were created to honor books in Christian publishing from the previous year that are considered superb within their genre. For the complete list of winners, please click here.

Lightning by Bonnie S. Calhoun
(Revell; ISBN 9780800723774; ebook ISBN 9781441220523; $12.99)
Selah must battle the forces of nature and those in the Mountain who are calling for her blood. But the ultimate betrayal of her own body may soon make her quest impossible as it becomes apparent that what has made her new could also drive her to a life of madness.

Bonnie S. Calhoun is the author of Thunder, Lightning, Tremors, and Aftershock, all part of the Stone Braide Chronicles. She teaches workshops on Facebook, Twitter, HTML, and social media at writers conferences.

Until the Harvest by Sarah Loudin Thomas (Bethany House; ISBN 9780764212260; ebook ISBN 9781441269614; $14.99) When family tragedy derails his college studies, Henry Phillips returns home feeling lost. The only things that seem to temper his grief are the family farm, his fiddle, and an unexpected friendship with sweet but unusual preteen Mayfair Hoffman.

Sarah Loudin Thomas is a fund-raiser for a children’s ministry and has written for Mountain Homes Southern Style and Now & Then magazines, as well as the Asheville Citizen-Times. She is the author of the award-winning Miracle in a Dry Season. She holds a BA in English from Coastal Carolina University.

Baker Publishing Group publishes high-quality writings that represent historic Christianity and serve the diverse interests and concerns of evangelical readers.