LITERARY NEWS | The 2009 Christy Award Finalists

The Christy Awards

The Christy Award was named in honor of Catherine Marshall’s novel and of her contribution to growth of the fiction Christians love to read.

How They Work

Every year publishers are invited to submit novels written from a Christian worldview and copyrighted in the year preceding the awards. Each category of novels are read and evaluated against a ten-point criteria by a panel of seven judges composed of librarians, reviewers, academicians, literary critics, and other qualified readers, none of whom have a direct affiliation with a publishing company.

View the nominees:

Contemporary Romance Category

• Beyond the Night by Marlo Schalesky (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
• Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)
• Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White by Claudia Mair Burney (David C. Cook)

Contemporary Series, Sequels & Novellas Category

• Sisterchicks Go Brit! by Robin Jones Gunn (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
• Summer Snow by Nicole Baart (Tyndale House Publishers)
• You Had Me at Good-bye by Tracey Bateman (FaithWords)

Contemporary Standalone Category

• Dogwood by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)
• Embrace Me by Lisa Samson (Thomas Nelson)
• Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon by Debbie Fuller Thomas (Moody Publishers)

First Novel Category

• Blue Hole Back Home by Joy Jordan-Lake (David C. Cook)
• Ran Song by Alice J. Wisler (Bethany House Publishers)
• Safe at Home by Richard Doster (David C. Cook)

Historical Category

• Shadow of Colossus by T.L. Higley (B&H Publishing Group)
• Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers)
• Washington’s Lady by Nancy Moser (Bethany House Publishers)

Historical Romance Category

• Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy (Barbour Publishers)
• From a Distance by Tamera Alexander (Bethany House Publishers)
• The Moon in the Mango Tree by Pamela Binnings Ewen (B&H Publishing Group)

Suspense Category

• By Reason of Insanity by Randy Singer (Tyndale House Publishers)
• The Rook by Steven James (Revell)
• Winter Haven by Athol Dickson (Bethany House Publishers)

Visionary Category

• The Battle for Vast Dominion by George Bryan Polivka (Harvest House Publishers)
• Shade by John B. Olson (B&H Publishing Group)
• Vanish by Tom Pawlik (Tyndale House Publishers)

Young Adult Category

• The Fruit of My Lipstick by Shelley Adina (FaithWords)
• I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires by Cathy Gohlke (Moody Publishers)
• On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

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