Paula Moldenhauer
Fiction Friday on Tuesday – The Christy’s!

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 Heart

by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)

Larkspur Cove

by Lisa Wingate (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Wolfsbane

by Ronie Kendig (Barbour Publishing)

Contemporary Series/

The Amish Midwife 

by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould (Harvest House Publishers)

Dancing on Glass

by Pamela Binnings Ewen (B&H Publishing Group)

The Touch

by Randall Wallace (Tyndale House Publishers)

Contemporary Standalone/

Dry as Rain

by Gina Holmes (Tyndale House Publishers)

Promises to Keep

by Ann Tatlock (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Words

by Ginny Yttrup (B&H Publishing Group)

First Novel/

An Eye for Glory

by Karl Bacon (Zondervan)

Southern Fried Sushi

by Jennifer Rogers Spinola (Barbour Publishing)

Words

by Ginny Yttrup (B&H Publishing Group

Historical/

Forsaking All Others

by Allison Pittman (Tyndale House Publishers)

Mine is the Night

by Liz Curtis Higgs (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

Wonderland Creek

by Lynn Austin (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

 

Historical Romance/

A Lasting Impression

by Tamera Alexander (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

The Maid of Fairbourne Hall

by Julie Klassen (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

To Die For

by Sandra Byrd (Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster)

Suspense/

Over the Edge

by Brandilyn Collins (B&H Publishing Group)

Pattern of Wounds

by Mark Bertrand (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

The Queen

by Steven James (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Visionary/

The Chair

by James L. Rubart (B&H Publishing Group)

Forbidden

by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee (Center Street, a division of Hachette Book Group USA)

Veiled Rose

by Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Young Adult/

How Huge the Night

by Heather Munn and Lydia Munn (Kregel Publications)

The Merchant’s Daughter

by Melanie Dickerson (Zondervan)

Waterfall

by Lisa T. Bergren (David C Cook)