Here are the Angel Book Award Winners for 2023!

Nonfiction

First place – What Now?: Finding Renewed Life in Christ After Loss by Kaitlyn Odom Fiedler

Second place – From Ignorance to Bliss: God’s Heart Revealed through Down Syndrome by Annie Yorty and Alyssa Yorty

Third place – Northern Roads: A Journey of Life and Leadership Serving on the 60th Parallel by Jeremy Norton

Children’s Ages 2 – 8

First place – Creating Something New                                    by Lacey Langston                                                  Illustrated by Andrew Laitinen

Second place – I Know the Plans                                           by Jennifer Bosma                                                      Illustrated by Beth Snider

Third place – Love Connects Us All                                by Michelle Medlock Adams                                Illustrated by Sandra Eide

Honorable Mention – Guess How Much God Loves You     by Karen Ferguson

Children’s Ages 8-12

First Place – Jeff Pennant’s Field Guide to Raising Happy Parents by Kelli McKinney

Second Place – Abby’s Pony Love, Book 1 in Dream Pony Riders by Susan Count                                                Illustrated by Bev Johnson

Third Place – It’s Not Candy   by Dr. Yolanda D. McElroy                                             Illustrated by M. Rizwan Tufail & Pablo Cafe

Honorable Mention – Perfect: Finding the Perfect Snowflake could Solve the Perfect Crime                       by Kiri Jorgensen      

Young Adult

First Place – The Whisperer’s Wish                                by Janilise Lloyd

Second Place – Inside the Ten-Foot Line                       by Lori Z. Scott    

Third Place – Aivan: The One Truth                              by Kayla E. Green       

Honorable Mention – Unintended Hero                         by Becky Van Vleet     

Historical Fiction

First place – What I Would Tell You                              by Liz Tolsma

Second place – Beyond Wounded Hearts, Book 2 in Wounded Hearts   by Cynthia Roemer

Third place – Beneath His Silence                                 by Hannah Linder

Honorable Mention – Underground Scouts, Book 1 in WWII Rising Hope                                                      by Marie Sontag

Mystery/Suspense

First place – Circle of Vengeance: A Star Cavanaugh Cold Case           by Ramona Richards

Second place – Grace Immeasurable, Book 3 in Shadows over Whitman                         by Gina Holder

Third place – Fallout                                                     by Carrie Stuart Parks

Contemporary

First place – Midnight Blue, Book 1 in Love in Color                                           by Suzie Waltner

Second place – Christmas at Whispering Creek (Christmas Holiday Extravaganza)                                 by Barbara M. Britton

Third place – Love’s True Calling, Book 1 in True Calling                                    by Lori DeJong

Speculative

First place – When Legends Rise, Book 1 in Legends of Light by Daphne Self

Second place – Bentonsport: A Christmas Story             by Lisa Schnedler

Third place – The Deliverer                                          by Jason William Karpf

Congratulations!