Eric Metaxas’ biography of World War Two German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy--has been named the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association’s (ECPA) Christian Book of the Year.

The Thomas Nelson book was also voted Non-Fiction title of the year in the association’s 2011 Christian Book Awards, announced May 2 on the eve of the ECPA’s Annual Meeting and Executive Leadership Summit in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The other winners were: Bibles: HCSB Study Bible, Jeremy Royal Howard and Ed Blum, general editors (B&H Publishing Group); Bible Reference: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: Old Testament, John H. Walton, general editor (Zondervan).

Children: The Action Bible, Sergio Cariello, illustrator; Doug Mauss, general editor (David C. Cook); Fiction: Almost Heaven by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers); Inspiration: You Changed My Life by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson).

Three of the ECPA winners were also named in Christian Retailing’s 2011 Retailers Choice Awards, announced April 26. Bonhoeffer was voted Auto/Biography, The Action Bible was named Children’s Bible and You Changed My Life took the Gift Book category.