2009 Christy Award Winners & Finalists

Contemporary

Winner: Dogwood - Chris Fabry

• Finalists:

Embrace Me - Lisa Samson

Tuesday Night At The Blue Moon - Debbie Fuller Thomas

Contemporary Romance

Winner: Beyond The Night - Marlo Schalesky

• Finalists:

Finding Stephanie - Susan May Warren

Zora And Nicky: A Novel In Black And White - Claudia Mair Burney

Contemporary Series

* Winner: You Had Me At Good-Bye - Tracey Bateman

• Finalists:

Sisterchicks Go Brit! - Robin Jones Gunn

Summer Snow - Nicole Baart

First Novel

* Winner: Blue Hole Back Home - Joy Jordan-Lake

• Finalists:

Rain Song - Alice J. Wisler

Safe At Home - Richard Doster

Historical

* Winner: Until We Reach Home - Lynn Austin

• Finalists:

Shadow Of Colossus - T.L. Higley

Washington's Lady - Nancy Moser

Historical Romance

* Winner: From A Distance - Tamera Alexander

• Finalists:

Calico Canyon - Mary Connealy

The Moon In The Mango Tree - Pamela Binnings Ewen

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

* Winner: The Rook - Steven James

• Finalists:

By Reason Of Insanity - Randy Singer

Winter Haven - Athol Dickson

Visionary

* Winner: Vanish - Tom Pawlik

• Finalists:

The Battle for Vast Dominion - George Bryan Polivka

Shade - John B. Olson

Young Adult

* Winner: I Have Seen Him In The Watchfires - Cathy Gohlke

• Finalists:

The Fruit Of My Lipstick - Shelley Adina

On The Edge Of The Dark Sea Of Darkness - Andrew Peterson