If you’re looking for a great book, consider this list–the finalists for the coveted Christy Award. This list was taken straight from their website. I also listened on-line to the keynote, given by the author of Braveheart. Powerful! Well worth your time. Especially happy to see Lisa T. Bergren‘s book, Waterfall, receive the award. She’s a Colorado author, one of my early mentors, and a fabulous woman.
2012 Winners + Finalists
Contemporary Romance/My Foolish Heartby Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers) Larkspur Coveby Lisa Wingate (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group) Wolfsbaneby Ronie Kendig (Barbour Publishing) Contemporary Series/The Amish Midwifeby Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould (Harvest House Publishers) Dancing on Glassby Pamela Binnings Ewen (B&H Publishing Group) The Touchby Randall Wallace (Tyndale House Publishers) Contemporary Standalone/Dry as Rainby Gina Holmes (Tyndale House Publishers) Promises to Keepby Ann Tatlock (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group) Wordsby Ginny Yttrup (B&H Publishing Group) First Novel/An Eye for Gloryby Karl Bacon (Zondervan) Southern Fried Sushiby Jennifer Rogers Spinola (Barbour Publishing) Wordsby Ginny Yttrup (B&H Publishing Group Historical/Forsaking All Othersby Allison Pittman (Tyndale House Publishers) Mine is the Nightby Liz Curtis Higgs (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group) Wonderland Creekby Lynn Austin (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
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Historical Romance/A Lasting Impressionby Tamera Alexander (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group) The Maid of Fairbourne Hallby Julie Klassen (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group) To Die Forby Sandra Byrd (Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster) Suspense/Over the Edgeby Brandilyn Collins (B&H Publishing Group) Pattern of Woundsby Mark Bertrand (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group) The Queenby Steven James (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group) Visionary/The Chairby James L. Rubart (B&H Publishing Group) Forbiddenby Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee (Center Street, a division of Hachette Book Group USA) Veiled Roseby Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group) Young Adult/How Huge the Nightby Heather Munn and Lydia Munn (Kregel Publications) The Merchant’s Daughterby Melanie Dickerson (Zondervan) Waterfallby Lisa T. Bergren (David C Cook) |