2011 Christy Award Winners & Finalists

Contemporary

Winner: Almost Heaven - Chris Fabry

• Finalists:

Lady In Waiting - Susan Meissner

A Season Of Miracles - Rusty Whitener

Contemporary Romance

Winner: Sworn To Protect - DiAnn Mills

• Finalists:

Blood Ransom - Lisa Harris

Indivisible - Kristin Heitzmann

Contemporary Series

* Winner: The Reluctant Prophet - Nancy Rue

• Finalists:

The Thorn - Beverly Lewis

The Waiting - Suzanne Woods Fisher

First Novel

* Winner: Heartless - Anne Elisabeth Stengl

• Finalists:

Crossing Oceans - Gina Holmes

A Season Of Miracles - Rusty Whitener

Historical

* Winner: While We're Far Apart - Lynn Austin

• Finalists:

Chosen: The Lost Diaries Of Queen Esther - Ginger Garrett

For Time & Eternity - Allison Pittman

Historical Romance

* Winner: The Girl In The Gatehouse - Julie Klassen

• Finalists:

She Walks In Beauty - Siri Mitchell

Within My Heart - Tamera Alexander

Suspense

* Winner: The Bishop - Steven James

• Finalists:

The Bride Collector - Ted Dekker

Predator - Terri Blackstock

Visionary

* Winner: To Darkness Fled - Jill Williamson

• Finalists:

Konig's Fire - Marc Schooley

The Last Christian - David Gregory

Young Adult

* Winner: Motorcycles, Sushi, And One Strange Book - Nancy Rue

• Finalists:

The Charlatan's Boy - Jonathan Rogers

The Healer's Apprentice - Melanie Dickerson