The Audio Publishers Association (APA) presented The Audies award ceremony May 19 in Washington, D.C. The awards, given annually, honor the audio publishing industry, including audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.

The program's biggest awards, the first-ever Hall of Fame Award and the Audiobook of the Year, went to “The Harry Potter Audiobook Series” (Listening Library) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase (BBC Audiobooks America/The Audio Partners Publishing Company), respectively.

“This year's award-winners celebrate the vast array of audiobooks that have helped make this industry grow,” said Mary Beth Roche, president of the nonprofit APA.

Several Christian-market books and publishers were honored with Audie Awards. In the Personal Development/Motivational category, the award went to The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Oasis Audio). Brilliance Audio won the Inspirational/Spiritual award for Philip Yancey's Finding God in Unexpected Places, while the award for Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction went to general-market audiobook publisher Recorded Books LLC for Grace Will Lead Me Home by Katherine Valentine.

Tyndale House/Focus on the Family received two Audies: Package Design for The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom and Achievement in Production for At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald.

For a full list of winners, visit www.theaudies.com.

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