The Faith and Fellowship Book Festival announced the winners of the 2022 Angel Book Awards on Friday, November 4, 2022.
Nonfiction category
1st place – Springtime for Your Spirit by Michelle Medlock Adams & Andy Clapp
2nd place – So You Have A Disease by Beth Praed
3rd place – Beauty Beyond the Thorn by Darci J. Steiner
Honorable Mention – Dwelling by Donna L. Lane
Children’s 2-8 category
1st place – You’re More Than a Sprout by Jill Roman Lord, Illustrated by Sarah Demonteverde
2nd place – Dream Big, My Precious One by Jill Roman Lord, Illustrated by Brittany E. Lakin
3rd place – How High is Heaven? by Linsey Davis, Illustrated by Lucy Fleming
Honorable Mention – Twas the Night Before Jesus by Donna Wyland, Illustrated by Courtney Smith
Children’s 8-12/Young Adult Category
1st place – Yosemite Trail Discovered, Book 2 of the Whitcomb Discoveries by Marie Sontag
2nd place – Collapse: Collapse Series Book One by Angela D. Shelton
3rd place – I Want a Water Buffalo for Christmas by Judy DuCharme, Illustrated by Julie L. House
Historical Fiction category
1st place – Mercy’s Legacy by Sarah Hanks
2nd place – Crown of Thorns, Book 1: Son of Mary by R.S. Ingermanson
3rd place – For the Love of Emma, Book 1 of Dream Beyond Tomorrow by Starr Ayers
Mystery/Suspence category
1st place – Woman in Shadow by Carrie Stuart Parks
2nd place – Bitter Truth, Book 3 in A Green Dory In Mystery Series, by Janet Sketchley
3rd place – Hunt for a Hometown Killer by Mary Dodge Allen
Contemporary category
1st place – Every Window Filled with Light, Book 1 of A Weldon Novel by Shelia Stovall
2nd place – Mercy’s Song by Sarah Hanks
3rd place – Sweet Rivalry by Terri Gillespie
Honorable Mention – Falling Apart, Falling For You, Book 1 in Next Act Series, by Chris Posti
Congratulations to all our winners!
Thanks to all the authors who submitted to Angel Book Awards.
If you have a book that released or will release in 2022, please read our guidelines and consider submitting it to Angel Book Awards when it opens next year.
Sandra Merville Hart 