Christy Award - 2009 Winners and Finalists

2009 Winners and Finalists

  • Contemporary Standalone: Winner: Dogwood by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)
    • Finalist: Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon by Debbie Fuller Thomas (Moody Publishers)
    • Finalist: Embrace Me by Lisa Samson (Thomas Nelson)
  • Contemporary Series, Sequels, and Novellas: Winner: You Had Me at Good-bye by Tracey Bateman (FaithWords)
    • Finalist: Sisterchicks Go Brit! by Robin Jones Gunn (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
    • Finalist: Summer Snow by Nicole Baart (Tyndale House Publisher)
  • Contemporary Romance: Winner: Beyond the Night by Marlo Schalesky (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
    • Finalist: Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)
    • Finalist: Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White by Claudia Mair Burney (David C. Cook)
  • First Novel: Winner: Blue Hole Back Home by Joy Jordan-Lake (David C. Cook)
    • Finalist: Rain Song by Alice J. Wisler (Bethany House Publishers)
    • Finalist: Safe at Home by Richard Doster (David C. Cook)
  • Historical: Winner: Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers)
    • Finalist: Shadow of Colossus by T.L. Higley (B&H Publishing Group)
    • Finalist: Washington's Lady by Nancy Moser (Bethany House Publishers)
  • Historical Romance: Winner: From a Distance by Tamera Alexander (Bethany House Publishers)
    • Finalist: Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy (Barbour Publishers)
    • Finalist: The Moon in the Mango Tree by Pamela Binnings Ewen (B&H Publishing Group)
  • Suspense: Winner: The Rook by Steven James (Revell Books)
    • Finalist: By Reason of Insanity by Randy Singer (Tyndale House Publishers)
    • Finalist: Winter Haven by Athol Dickson (Bethany House Publishers)
  • Visionary: Winner: Vanish by Tom Pawlik (Tyndale House Publishers)
    • Finalist: The Battle for Vast Dominion by George Bryan Polivka (Harvest House Publishers)
    • Finalist: Shade by John B. Olson (B&H Publishing Group)
  • Young Adult: Winner: I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires by Cathy Gohlke (Moody Publishers)
    • Finalist: The Fruit of My Lipstick by Shelley Adina (FaithWords)
    • Finalist: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

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