ACFW Carol Award Winners!

I just returned from the ACFW Annual Conference, held Thursday-Saturday in Nashville. As always, it was a wonderful time of learning more about the wonderful world of Christian fiction as well as a great opportunity to connect with authors, agents, and publishers. The conference concluded with the annual Awards Gala on Saturday evening. Here are the 2016 CAROL AWARD winners for excellence in Christian fiction published in the previous year, listed alphabetically by category:


CONTEMPORARY

The Art of Losing Yourself
by Katie Ganshert
Waterbrook/Multnomah (Random House)
editors Shannon Marchese, Lissa Halls-Johnson
HISTORICAL

Secrets She Kept
by Cathy Gohlke
Tyndale House
editors Stephanie Broene, Sarah Riche

HISTORICAL ROMANCE

A Worthy Pursuit
by Karen Witemeyer
Bethany House (Baker ) Publishing
editors Dave Long, Charlene Patterson

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER

The Aleppo Code
by Terry Brennan
Kregel Publications
editors Dawn Anderson, Jannelle Tromp

NOVELLA

A Bride for Bear
from The Convenient Bride Collection
by Erica Vetsch
Barbour Publishing
editor Rebecca Germany

ROMANCE

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
by Beth K. Vogt
Howard (Simon & Schuster)
editors Jessica Wong, Beth Adams

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

No Place to Hide
by Lynette Eason
Revell – A Division of Baker Publishing Group
editor Andrea Doering

SHORT NOVEL

Covert Justice
by Lynn Huggins Blackburn
Love Inspired (Harlequin)
editor Elizabeth Mazer

SPECULATIVE

The Five Times I Met Myself
by James L. Rubart
HarperCollins Christian Publishing
editors Amanda Bostic, Erin Healy

YOUNG ADULT

Dauntless
by Dina L. Sleiman
Bethany House (Baker) Publishing
editor Karen Schurrer

DEBUT

The Calling of Ella McFarland
by Linda Brooks Davis
Mountainview Books LLC
editor Carol Kurtz Darlington