2002 Christy Award Winners & Finalists

Contemporary

Winner: A Garden To Keep - Jamie Langston Turner

• Finalists:

Ain't No River - Sharon Ewell Foster

Carley's Song - Patricia Sprinkle

Contemporary Romance

Winner: The Guardian - Dee Henderson

• Finalists:

Spring Rain - Gayle Roper

The Truth Seeker - Dee Henderson

Wildflowers - Robin Jones Gunn

First Novel

* Winner: Ezekiel's Shadow - David Long

• Finalists:

Go Down To Silence - Greg Belliveau

Sea Of Glory - Ken Wales, David Poling

Futuristic

* Winner: Oxygen - John Olson, Randall Ingermanson

• Finalists:

Desecration - Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

The Last Guardian - Shane Johnson

International Historical

* Winner: While Mortals Sleep - Jack Cavanaugh

• Finalists:

Jerusalem's Heart - Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene

Riona - Linda Windsor

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

* Winner: Drummer In The Dark - T. Davis Bunn

• Finalists:

Out Of The Shadows - Sigmund Brouwer

Sadie's Song - Linda Hall

North American Historical

* Winner: Hidden Places - Lynn Austin

• Finalists:

Edge Of The Wilderness - Stephanie Grace Whitson

[[Highland Hopes] - Gary Parker

Western

* Winner: The Long Trail Home - Stephen Bly

• Finalists:

Picture Rock - Stephen Bly

Thunder Voice - Sigmund Brouwer