Two Bethany House Novels Selected by Library Journal as Best Books of 2009

By Books Editor

Published: November 30, 2009

Minneapolis, MN /Christian News/ — Bethany House Publishers, the only publisher to have more than one author selected in the Christian fiction category, is pleased to celebrate this honor with Lewis and Tatlock. The complete Best Books of 2009 is published in the magazine’s December issue. Both authors previously received starred reviews from Library Journal, amongst other acclaim, for their respective novels.

Beverly Lewis is a New York Times bestselling author and the top name in Amish fiction, pioneering the genre more than ten years ago with her inaugural adult novel, The Shunning. The Missing is the second book in Lewis’s bestselling Seasons of Grace series.

Ann Tatlock is the author of the Christy Award-winning novel All the Way Home. She has also won the Midwest Independent Publishers Association “Book of the Year” in fiction for both All the Way Home and I’ll Watch the Moon. The Returning is her seventh novel.

Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group, has been publishing high quality books for 50 years. Recognized as the pioneer and leader in Christian fiction, Bethany House publishes nearly 120 titles annually in subjects such as historical and contemporary fiction, Christian living, family, health, devotional, children’s, classics, and theology. Bethany House titles are often found on the CBA bestseller lists. For more information please visit www.bethanyhouse.com.

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