FICTION
Author of THE MESSENGER OF MAGNOLIA STREET River Jordan's SAINTS IN LIMBO, a "southern mystic" in which an agoraphobic widow's life is upended when a peculiar man steps out of a whirlwind and gives her a potent gift, to WaterBrook Press, in a 2-book deal.

Darren Dillman's THE PREACHER, in which a new preacher re-energizes a sleepy, little Baptist church, but as the bizarre incidences and violent deaths begin to mount, it becomes apparent that there's more to this preacher than meets the eye, to David C. Cook in a 2-book deal.

RELIGION
Phil Smith and Peter Greer's THE POOR WILL BE GLAD, challenging the church to respond to God's call to love the poor, illustrating that traditional charitable relief often does more harm than good, and, most importantly, showing the way to a lasting solution to global poverty through the revolutionary practice of microcredit, to Zondervan.

Environmental activist and author of Serve God, Save The Planet and contributor to upcoming The Green Bible, Matthew Sleeth's THE GREEN BIBLE TRAIL, to HarperOne in a 2-book deal, 

Faith House Manhattan founder Samir Selmanovic's FINDING GOD IN THE OTHER, in which the author shares his personal journey and argues for a new kind of faith -- a healing faith that transcends the "God management systems" that Christianity, Islam, and Judaism have devolved into, to Jossey-Bass,

Ron Martoia's LEARNING TO IMPROVISE: HAVE WE BEEN READING THE BIBLE ALL WRONG?, in which the author completely upends the way evangelicals approach scripture, to Zondervan in a 2-book deal.

David Dark's THE SACREDNESS OF QUESTIONING EVERYTHING, a look at the sacred obligation we all have to question our tightly held opinions and beliefs about such subjects as religion, government, history, the media, and our often tragically misguided interpretations of scripture, to Zondervan.

Alex McManus's A NEW KIND OF HUMAN: JESUS' QUEST TO SAVE THE FUTURE FROM RELIGION, revealing that what Jesus desires for all people -- whether religious or secular, Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative -- is that they join him on the mission to reclaim the heart of humanity, to Zondervan.

Expert on the house church/simple church movement, Frank Viola's REIMAGINING CHURCH: RECOVERING THE PRACTICE OF THE FIRST-CENTURY CHURCH, a bold vision for church and personal renewal, to David C. Cook in a 4-book deal.

NARRATIVE HISTORY
Michael Greenburg's PEACHES AND DADDY: THE MANHATTAN MILLIONAIRE AND HIS CHILD BRIDE, the story of 51-year-old Manhattan real estate tycoon Edward "Daddy" Browning and his marriage, amidst a media storm, to 15-year-old Frances "Peaches" Heenan, capturing the nation's attention in the 1920s and sending riptides across the moral landscape of America for years to come, to Overlook.

MEMOIR
Dallas Observer editor-in-chief Julie Lyons's MY LIFE AS A HOLY ROLLER, in which the author finds real faith when she joins a tiny, black holy-roller church in the Dallas ghetto and becomes witness to a world of miracles, visions, violence and demons, to WaterBrook Press.

BUSINESS
Scott McKain's THE COLLAPSE OF DISTINCTION, in which the author identifies "differentiation" as the single most important factor if companies and individuals are going to find success in today's hypercompetitive marketplace, to Thomas Nelson.

LIFESTYLE
Environmentalist Nancy Sleeth's GREEN ACTS, filled with more than a thousand practical, easy-to-implement pointers for individuals, families, and churches to honor God in their daily lives by caring for His creation, to Tyndale, in a two-book deal.

PARENTING
Stephen James and David Thomas's WILD THINGS: THE ART OF NURTURING BOYS, playing off of themes in the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, a practical guide to help parents, educators, and mentors guide boys down the path to healthy and authentic manhood, to Tyndale House.