Christy Award - 2002 Winners and Finalists

2002 Winners and Finalists

• Contemporary: Winner: A Garden to Keep by Jamie Langston Turner (Bethany House Publishers)
  • Finalist: Ain't No River by Sharon Ewell Foster (Multnomah Publishers)
  • Finalist: Carley's Song by Patricia Sprinkle (Zondervan)
• Futuristic: Winner: Oxygen by Randall Ingermanson and John Olson (Bethany House Publishers)
  • Finalist: Desecration by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins (Tyndale House Publishers)
  • Finalist: The Last Guardian by Shane Johnson (WaterBrook Press)
• International Historical: Winner: While Mortals Sleep by Jack Cavanaugh (Bethany House Publishers)
  • Finalist: Jerusalem's Heart by Bodie and Brock Thoene (Viking)
  • Finalist: Riona by Linda Windsor (Multnomah Publishers)
• North American Historical: Winner: Hidden Places by Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers)
  • Finalist: Edge of the Wilderness by Stephanie Grace Whitson (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
  • Finalist: Highland Hopes by Gary Parker (Bethany House Publishers)
• Romance: Winner: The Guardian by Dee Henderson (Multnomah Publishers)
  • Finalist: Spring Rain by Gayle Roper (Multnomah Publishers)
  • Finalist: The Truth Seeker by Dee Henderson (Multnomah Publishers)
  • Finalist: Wildflowers by Robin Jones Gunn (Multnomah Publishers)
• Suspense: Winner: Drummer in the Dark by T. Davis Bunn (WaterBrook Press)
  • Finalist: Out of the Shadows by Sigmund Brouwer (Tyndale House Publishers)
  • Finalist: Sadie's Song by Linda Hall (Multnomah Publishers)
• Western: Winner: The Long Trail Home by Stephen Bly (Broadman & Holman Publishers)
  • Finalist: Picture Rock by Stephen Bly (Crossway Books)
  • Finalist: Thunder Voice by Sigmund Brouwer (Bethany House Publishers)
• First Novel: Winner: Ezekiel’s Shadow by David Long (Bethany House Publishers)
  • Finalist: Go Down to Silence by Greg Belliveau (Multnomah Publishers)
  • Finalist: Sea of Glory by Ken Wales and David Poling (Broadman & Holman Publishers)