2009 Christy Award

Awards List

Contemporary

Dogwood
(Winner)
Chris Fabry

Embrace Me
(Finalist)
Lisa Samson

Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon
(Finalist)
Debbie Fuller Thomas

Contemporary Romance

Beyond the Night
(Winner)
Marlo Schalesky

Zora and Nicky
(Finalist)
Claudia Mair Burney

Finding Stefanie
(Finalist)
Susan May Warren

First Novel

Blue Hole Back Home
(Winner)
Joy Jordan-Lake

Safe At Home
(Finalist)
Richard Doster

Rain Song
(Finalist)
Alice J. Wisler

Historical

Until We Reach Home
(Winner)
Lynn Austin / Lynn N. Austin

Washington's Lady
(Finalist)
Nancy Moser

Shadow of Colossus
(Finalist)
T.L. Higley / Tracy L. Higley

Historical Romance

From a Distance
(Winner)
Tamera Alexander

The Moon in the Mango Tree
(Finalist)
Pamela Binnings Ewen

Calico Canyon
(Finalist)
Mary Connealy

Series

You Had Me at Good-bye
(Winner)
Tracey Victoria Bateman / Tracey Bateman

Summer Snow
(Finalist)
Nicole Baart

Sisterchicks Go Brit!
(Finalist)
Robin Jones Gunn

Suspense

The Rook
(Winner)
Steven James

By Reason of Insanity
(Finalist)
Randy D. Singer

Winter Haven
(Finalist)
Athol Dickson

Visionary

Vanish
(Winner)
Tom Pawlik

The Battle for Vast Dominion
(Finalist)
George Bryan Polivka

Shade
(Finalist)
John B. Olson

Young Adult

I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires
(Winner)
Cathy Gohlke

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
(Finalist)
Andrew Peterson

The Fruit of My Lipstick
(Finalist)
Shelley Adina

Award Categories

Allegory/Fantasy

Amplify Award

Book of the Year

Contemporary

Contemporary Romance

First Novel

Futuristic

General Fiction

Historical

Historical Romance

International Historical

Lits

North American Historical

Romance

Series

Short Form

Speculative

Suspense

Western

Young Adult

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