Philip Yancey FAQ
What Are People Saying
about Philip Yancey’s books?
"I love
Philip Yancey's work. He is a brilliant, graceful
writer."
Anne Lamott, bestselling author of Traveling Mercies and Bird by Bird
“There is no writer in the
evangelical world that I admire and appreciate more.”
Billy
Graham
“Philip Yancey is a writer’s
writer.”
Brennan
Manning, bestselling author
“Philip Yancey is one of the
most engaging and convicting writers in the Christian world.”
Charles
Colson, founder, Prison Fellowship Ministries
What is Philip Yancey’s
publishing and sales history?
Philip Yancey has more than 13.6 million books in print since his first book was published in 1977. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have been distributed worldwide. Books by Philip Yancey include:
¨
Rumors of
Another World
¨
Soul
Survivor
¨
The Jesus I
Never Knew
¨
What’s So
Amazing About Grace?
¨
The Bible
Jesus Read
¨
Reaching
for the Invisible God
¨
Where is
God When it Hurts?*
¨
Disappointment
with God
¨
The Student
Bible, General Edition**
¨
Meet the
Bible (with Brenda Quinn)
¨
Church: Why
Bother?
¨
Finding God
in Unexpected Places
¨
I Was Just
Wondering
¨ Unhappy Secrets of the Christian Life
(with co-author Tim Stafford)
¨ Fearfully and Wonderfully Made (with
co-author Dr. Paul Brand)
¨ Gift of Pain (with co-author Dr. Paul
Brand)
¨
In His
Image (with co-author Dr. Paul Brand)
*Immediately following the September 11
terrorist attacks, Zondervan created a special trade paper edition of Where
is God When it Hurts? Proceeds
from more than 500,000 copies sold were donated to the American Red Cross.
** Philip Yancey and Tim Stafford wrote all of
the liner notes, book introductions, text commentaries and reading plans for
the international bestseller, The Student
Bible, General Edition.
What Awards Have
Yancey’s Titles Earned?
Philip Yancey
has won a variety of awards from the Evangelical Publishers Association (ECPA),
including two Book of the Year awards in 1996 and 1998.
Where is God When it Hurts?
1978 ECPA Gold Medallion Winner
Unhappy Secrets of the Christian Life (with co-author Tim Stafford)
1980 ECPA Silver Medallion Winner
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made (with co-author Dr. Paul Brand)
1981 ECPA Gold Medallion Winner
In His Image (with co-author Dr. Paul Brand)
1985 ECPA Gold Medallion Winner
Disappointment with God
1989 ECPA Gold Medallion Winner
1990 Christianity
Today Magazine Book Awards Winner
Pain: The Gift Nobody Wants (with co-author Dr. Paul Brand)
1994 Christianity
Today Magazine Book Awards Winner
1994 ECPA Gold Medallion Winner
The Jesus I Never Knew
1996 ECPA Christian Book of the Year Winner
1996 Christianity
Today Magazine Book Awards Winner
1996 ECPA Silver Medallion Winner
1999 ECPA Gold Medallion Winner for the Groupware
edition
What's So Amazing About Grace
1998 ECPA Christian Book of the Year Winner
1998 ECPA Gold Medallion Winner
2001 ECPA Gold Medallion Winner for the Groupware
edition
The Bible Jesus Read
2000 ECPA Gold Medallion Winner
2000 Logos Bookstores Award Winner
Soul Survivor
2002 ECPA Silver
Medallion Winner
2002 Christian
Publishing Association of the U.K. Christian Book of the Year Winner
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May 2003