Congratulations to the 2023 Winners
Book of the Year
Within These Walls of Sorrow
by Amanda Barratt
(Kregel Publications)
The Amplify Award for Christian Fiction
The Star That Always Stays
by Anna Rose Johnson
(Holiday House)
Contemporary Romance
A Seaside Wonder
by Melissa Tagg
(Larkspur Press)
All That It Takes
by Nicole Deese
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
To Believe In You
by Emily Conrad
(Hope Anchor)
— WINNER —
To Win a Prince
by Toni Shiloh
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
First Novel - TIE
— WINNER —
The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip
by Sara Brunsvold
(Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
— WINNER —
The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon
by Linda MacKillop
(Kregel Publications)
Porch Music
by Kathy Maresca
(TouchPoint Press Faith)
General Fiction
By Way of the Moonlight
by Elizabeth Musser
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
When Stone Wings Fly
by Karen Barnett
(Kregel Publications)
— WINNER —
Where the Blue Sky Begins
by Katie Powner
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Historical
All the Lost Places
by Amanda Dykes
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
The Hidden Prince
by Tessa Afshar
(Tyndale House Publishers)
— WINNER —
Within These Walls of Sorrow
by Amanda Barratt
(Kregel Publications)
Historical Romance
The Italian Ballerina
by Kristy Cambron
(Thomas Nelson)
— WINNER —
The Rose and the Thistle
by Laura Frantz
(Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
The Sound of Light
by Sarah Sundin
(Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Yesterday's Tides
by Roseanna M. White
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
By Way of Deception
by Amir Tsarfati and Steve Yohn
(Harvest House Publishers)
— WINNER —
Cold Light of Day
by Elizabeth Goddard
(Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Forged
by Sara Davison
(Mountain Brook Ink)
The Souls of Lost Lake
by Jaime Jo Wright
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Short Form
— WINNER —
Always a Lady (in A Return to Hawthorne House)
by Kristi Ann Hunter
(Oholiab Creations)
Hopes and Fears (in O Little Town)
by Amanda Wen
(Kregel Publications)
Kiss Me on Christmas
by Sarah Monzon
(Sarah Monzon)
Speculative
Drawn in Ash
by John W. Otte
(John W. Otte)
— WINNER —
Dream of Kings
by Sharon Hinck
(Enclave Publishing, a division of Oasis Family Media)
Yesterday's Gone
by Cindy Woodsmall and Erin Woodsmall
(Tyndale House Publishers)
Young Adult
Blood Secrets
by Morgan L. Busse
(Enclave Escape, a division of Oasis Family Media)
— WINNER —
This Dreamer
by Sara Watterson
(Sara Watterson)
The Whisperer's Wish
by Janilise Lloyd
(Expanse Books, an imprint of Scrivenings Press)
Wishtress
by Nadine Brandes
(Thomas Nelson)
The Wonderland Trials
by Sara Ella
(Enclave Escape, a division of Oasis Family Media)
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