2020 Christy Award

Awards List

Book of the Year

Whose Waves These Are
(Winner)
Amanda Dykes

Contemporary Romance

Now and Then and Always
(Winner)
Melissa Tagg

First Novel

A Long Time Comin'
(Winner)
Robin W. Pearson

General Fiction

Whose Waves These Are
(Winner)
Amanda Dykes

Historical Fiction

The Medallion
(Winner)
Cathy Gohlke

Historical Romance

The Painted Castle
(Winner)
Kristy Cambron

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

The Girl behind the Red Rope
(Winner)
Ted Dekker; Rachelle Decker

Short Form

A Christmas Haven
(Winner)
Cindy Woodsmall

Visionary

Hidden Current
(Winner)
Sharon Hinck

Young Adult

The Means That Make Us Strangers
(Winner)
Christine Kindberg

Contemporary Romance

Sweet on You
(Finalist)
Becky Wade

Just One Kiss
(Finalist)
Courtney Walsh

First Novel

Whose Waves These Are
(Finalist)
Amanda Dykes

The Means That Make Us Strangers
(Finalist)
Christine Kindberg

General Fiction

All Manner of Things
(Finalist)
Susie Finkbeiner

The Words between Us
(Finalist)
Erin Bartels

Historical Fiction

My Dearest Dietrich
(Finalist)
Amanda Barratt

Memories of Glass
(Finalist)
Melanie Dobson

The Bright Unknown
(Finalist)
Elizabeth Byler Younts

Historical Romance

The Number of Love
(Finalist)
Roseanna M. White

The Land Beneath Us
(Finalist)
Sarah Sundin

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

The Girl behind the Red Rope
(Finalist)
Ted Dekker; Rachelle Decker

Smoke Screen
(Finalist)
Terri Blackstock

Echoes among the Stones
(Finalist)
Jaime Jo Wright

Short Form

A Flood of Love
(Finalist)
Tracie Peterson

Intrigue a la Mode
(Finalist)
Regina Jennings

Visionary

The Story Raider
(Finalist)
Lindsay A. Franklin

Cry of the Raven
(Finalist)
Morgan L. Busse

Young Adult

The Winter King
(Finalist)
Christine Cohen

The Piper's Pursuit
(Finalist)
Melanie Dickerson

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

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