(Nashville, Tenn.)  Grammy-award-winning producer Ken Mansfield, former U.S. manager of Apple Records who also helped create the groundbreaking “Outlaw” sound in country music, revisits the landscapes of success and excess he frequented in those days in Between Wyomings: My God and an iPod on the Open Road (Thomas Nelson, $16.99, June 9, 2009). READ MORE »

Nashville, TN—Books by Colleen Coble and Denise Hunter have been named finalists for the Booksellers’ Best Award, sponsored by the Greater Detroit chapter of Romance Writers of America (RWA). Coble’s Anathema and Lonestar Sanctuary are nominees for the Inspirational fiction award.  Hunter’s The Convenient Groom is nominated in the Traditional category.  An award open to published authors with books released in 2008, the Booksellers’ Best Awards are bestowed after a vote by 200 booksellers and librarians. The winners will be named at the national RWA convention to be held in Washington, D.C., July 15-18, 2009.

“Life is short and the world is waiting”

(Nashville, Tenn.) In every way, nine-year-old Austin Gutwein was a typical little boy who could often be found shooting hoops in his backyard in Phoenix, Arizona. That is until he had his “Maggie moment” in 2004.  After that, everything changed for him and more importantly, for the lives of children halfway across the world.

Austin was captivated by a video that told the story of a little girl named Maggie.  Maggie lived in Zambia in Southern Africa.  She lost almost everyone she loved to AIDS, an epidemic that ravaged the country and deprived it of an entire generation, leaving nearly a million children orphaned.   READ MORE »

Nashville, TN—Ami McConnell, Senior Acquisitions Editor for Thomas Nelson’s fiction division, is one of three finalists for a top industry honor, the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) 2009 Editor of the Year.

McConnell’s career at Thomas Nelson spans twelve years.  She helped launch the dedicated fiction line at Thomas Nelson in 2003, then named WestBow Press.

“This is a major honor for Ami and shows what a major strength she brings to our team every day,” said Allen Arnold, Senior VP and Publisher for Fiction.

ACFW will announce the Editor of the Year during a banquet at the 2009 ACFW Conference to be held September 17 – 20 in Denver.