2005 Christy Award Winners & Finalists

Contemporary

Winner: Bad Ground - W. Dale Cramer

• Finalists:

No Dark Valley - Jamie Langston Turner

Tiger Lillie - Lisa Samson

Contemporary Romance

Winner: Secrets - Kristen Heitzmann

• Finalists:

Wild Heather - Catherine Palmer

Winter Winds - Gayle Roper

First Novel

* Winner: The Mending String - Cliff Coon

• Finalists:

The Dead Don't Dance - Charles Martin

There Is A Wideness - Mark McAllister

Historical

* Winner: King's Ransom - Jan Beazely, Thom Lemmons

• Finalists:

Retribution - Randall Ingermanson

Third Watch - Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

* Winner: Tiger In The Shadows - Debbie Wilson

• Finalists:

The Assignment - Mark Andrew Olsen

River's Edge - Terri Blackstock

Visionary

* Winner: The Shadow Within - Karen Hancock

• Finalists:

Beyond The Summerland - L.B. Graham

Dragonspell - Donita K. Paul