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By Ross Cluver / September 3, 2025

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The Christy Award program to host online fall events featuring Christian authors and Award announcements

By Kaylisa Montijo / August 29, 2025

August 28, 2025, Chandler, AZ – The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) has announced the fall celebrations for THE CHRISTY AWARD announcing the finalists and then the winners of the industry’s top award for Christian fiction. The Christy Award finalists will be revealed in a free webcast on Friday, September 19th at 10 am CT…

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Dani Pettrey Reaches 1,000,000 Sales Milestone

By Kaylisa Montijo / August 15, 2025

Ada, Mich. (August 14, 2025)—Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group, is delighted to announce that ECPA bestselling author Dani Pettrey has reached a momentous sales milestone. Since her debut novel Submerged released in 2012, she has published over fifteen novels with more than one million copies sold. Winner of Christian Retailing’s Best…

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Baker Publishing Group Authors Shine at AWSA’s 2025 Golden Scroll Awards

By Kaylisa Montijo / August 15, 2025

Ada, Mich. (August 14, 2025)—On Sunday, August 10, four Baker Publishing Group authors celebrated a triumphant evening at the 2025 Golden Scroll Awards banquet held at the Gas South Convention Center in Duluth, Georgia. The Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA) sponsored the banquet and announced this year’s award winners. Among the evening’s winners, Revell…

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Jan Karon returns to Mitford with ‘My Beloved’, released October 7, 2025

By Kaylisa Montijo / July 11, 2025

Did you know that in 1988, Jan Karon left a successful career in advertising, moved to tiny Blowing Rock, NC, and started writing stories for the local Blowing Rocket about a man named Father Tim? Those stories eventually became At Home in Mitford, Jan’s first Mitford novel, and the rest is history. Tens of millions…

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Karen Kingsbury’s New Holiday Novel to Release on October 21, With Major Motion Picture Following

By Family Fiction Staff / June 25, 2025

Nashville, Tenn. – Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury returns to bookshelves this fall with The Christmas Ring, a heartwarming new fiction novel releasing October 21 from Thomas Nelson. Timed for the holiday season, the book will also arrive alongside a theatrical film adaptation from Fathom Entertainment, debuting in theaters nationwide starting…

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Shadow Over Kiriath – Special Hardcover Edition Release

By Kaylisa Montijo / May 25, 2025

On May 20, 2025, Karen Hancock released a special hardcover edition of her book, Shadow Over Kiriath. This third book of her Legends of the Guardian-King series has received a 4.3 rating on Goodreads, with over 2,000 reviews, and is ranked in the top 200 most popular Christian Classics & Allegories on Amazon. Shadow Over Kiriath…

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“THE LAST RODEO” Comes To Theaters THIS WEEKEND!

By Kaylisa Montijo / May 21, 2025

“THE LAST RODEO” shares the story of Joe Wainwright (Neal McDonough), an aging retired champion bull rider, and his daughter Sally (Sarah Jones) who face a crisis that can only be solved by Joe entering and winning a bull riding competition. Joe must connect with a bull fighter and his estranged best friend of many years,…

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Historical Romance Author Karen Witemeyer Celebrates 1 Million Sold Milestone

By Family Fiction Staff / February 11, 2025

Beloved Christian Historical Romance author Karen Witemeyer has reached the remarkable milestone of one million books sold.

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2024 Christy Award Winners Announced

By Ross Cluver / November 30, 2024

Downers Grove, Il (November 30, 2024) The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) recently announced the winners of The Christy Award in nine fiction categories, plus The Christy Book of the Year and The Amplify Award. The Christy Awards exists to celebrate excellence in the art of Christian fiction and to honor the power of faith in…

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