2017 Christy Award

Awards List

Book of the Year

Long Way Gone
(Winner)
Charles Martin

Contemporary Romance

Her One and Only
(Winner)
Becky Wade

The Red Door Inn
(Finalist)
Liz Johnson

Rescue Me
(Finalist)
Susan May Warren

First Novel

Stars in the Grass
(Winner)
Ann Marie Stewart

Counted with the Stars
(Finalist)
Connilyn Cossette

Like a River from Its Course
(Finalist)
Kelli Stuart

General Fiction

The Promise of Jesse Woods
(Winner)
Chris Fabry

Long Way Gone
(Winner)
Charles Martin

The Undoing of Saint Silvanus
(Finalist)
Beth Moore

Historical

The Mark of the King
(Winner)
Jocelyn Green

Miriam
(Finalist)
Mesu Andrews

Like a River from Its Course
(Finalist)
Kelli Stuart

Historical Romance

The Lady and the Lionheart
(Winner)
Joanne Bischof

A Note Yet Unsung
(Winner)
Tamera Alexander

From This Moment
(Finalist)
Elizabeth Camden

Short Form

Looking Into You
(Winner)
Chris Fabry

Mirror Image
(Finalist)
Laura Scott

Restoring Christmas
(Finalist)
Cynthia Ruchti

Suspense

When Death Draws Near
(Winner)
Carrie Stuart Parks

If I Run
(Finalist)
Terri Blackstock

Without Warning
(Finalist)
Joel C. Rosenberg

Visionary

The Long Journey to Jake Palmer
(Winner)
James L. Rubart

King's Folly
(Finalist)
Jill Williamson

The Alliance
(Finalist)
Jolina Petersheim

Young Adult

The Silent Songbird
(Winner)
Melanie Dickerson

If You're Gone
(Finalist)
Brittany Goodwin

Unblemished
(Finalist)
Sara Ella

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

Award Years

2023

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