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| Among the winners (l. to r.): Laurie R. King, Barbara Peters (recipient, with Robert Rosenwald, of the Poirot Award) and Margaret Maron | |
Winners of the Agatha Awards, which celebrate the "traditional mystery--books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie," were honored recently at the Malice Domestic convention in Bethesda, Md. This year's winners are:
Contemporary Novel: Long Upon the Land by Margaret Maron (Grand Central)
First Novel: On the Road with Del and Louise by Art Taylor (Henery Press)
Historical Novel: Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King (Bantam)
Nonfiction: The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story by Martin Edwards (HarperCollins)
Children's/YA: Andi Unstoppable by Amanda Flower (Zonderkidz)
Short Story: "A Year Without Santa Claus?" by Barb Goffman (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2015)
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The winners of the 2016 Christian Book Awards are:
Christian Book of the Year: Fervent by Priscilla Shirer (B&H Publishing Group)
Nonfiction: The Case for Grace by Lee Strobel (Zondervan)
New Author: Behold the King of Glory: A Narrative of the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ by Russ Ramsey (Crossway)
Inspiration: Unwrapping the Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp (Tyndale House)
Fiction: Luther and Katharina by Jody Hedlund (WaterBrook)
Children: The Bible Is My Best Friend--Family Devotional by Sheila Walsh, illustrated by Sarah Horne (B&H Publishing Group)
Bibles: Illustrated Study Bible NLT (Tyndale House)
Bible Reference: How We Got the Bible by Timothy Paul Jones (Rose Publishing)