2020 Award Winners

Angel Book Award

Mystery/Suspense (2nd place)—The Gryphon Heist by James R. Hannibal (Revell)

AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) 2020 Golden Scroll

Golden Scroll Book of the Year—Breaking Anxiety's Grip by Dr. Michelle Bengtson (Revell)

Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference

Director's Choice Award—The Gryphon Heist by James R. Hannibal (Revell)

Carol Awards

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller—The Gryphon Heist by James R. Hannibal (Revell)

Romantic Suspense—The Killing Tide by Dani Pettrey (Bethany House)

Historical Romance—The Sky Above Us by Sarah Sundin (Revell)

Romance—Driftwood Bay by Irene Hannon (Revell)

Christianity Today

Missions/Global (Winner)—A Public Missiology: How Local Churches Witness to a Complex World by Gregg Okesson (Baker Academic)

Biblical Studies (Award of Merit)—A Boundless God: The Spirit according to the Old Testament by Jack Levison (Baker Academic)

Church/Pastoral Leadership (Award of Merit)—Diary of a Pastor's Soul: The Holy Moments in a Life of Ministry by M. Craig Barnes (Brazos Press)

Christy Award

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller—The Girl behind the Red Rope by Ted and Rachelle Dekker (Revell)

General Fiction—Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes (Bethany House Publishers)

Book of the Year—Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes (Bethany House Publishers)

ECPA Christian Book Awards

Bible Reference Works—Introducing Evangelical Theology by Daniel J. Treier (Baker Academic)

Golden Scroll Awards

Historical Fiction—Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green (Bethany House)

The Gospel Coalition

History & Biography—Bavinck: A Critical Biography by James Eglinton (Baker Academic)

INSPY

Debut—Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes (Bethany House)

Historical Romance—A Bound Heart by Laura Frantz (Revell)

Mystery and Thriller—The Curse of Misty Wayfair by Jaime Jo Wright (Bethany House)

Speculative Fiction—Light from Distant Stars by Shawn Smucker (Revell)

Kansas Notable Book

A Perfect Silhouette by Judith Miller (Bethany House)

Michigan Notable Book Award

All Manner of Things by Susie Finkbeiner (Revell)

We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels (Revell)

RWA Faith, Hope, & Love Reader's Choice Award

Romantic Suspense—One Final Breath by Lynn H. Blackburn (Revell)

Long Historical—Under the Midnight Sun by Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse (Bethany House)

Women's Fiction—A Faithful Gathering by Leslie Gould (Bethany House)

Selah

Honorable Mention—The Gryphon Heist by James R. Hannibal (Revell)