2012 Christy Award Winners & Finalists

Contemporary

Winner: Promises To Keep - Ann Tatlock

• Finalists:

Dry As Rain - Gina Holmes

Words - Ginny Yttrup

Contemporary Romance

Winner: Wolfsbane - Ronie Kendig

• Finalists:

My Foolish Heart - Susan May Warren

Larkspur Cove - Lisa Wingate

Contemporary Series

* Winner: The Amish Midwife - Mindy Starns Clark, Leslie Gould

• Finalists:

Dancing On Glass - Pamela Binnings Ewen

The Touch - Randall Wallace

First Novel

* Winner: Words - Ginny Yttrup

• Finalists:

An Eye For Glory - Karl Bacon

Southern Fried Sushi - Jennifer Rogers Spinola

Historical

* Winner: Wonderland Creek - Lynn Austin

• Finalists:

Forsaking All Others - Allison Pittman

Mine Is The Night - Liz Curtis Higgs

Historical Romance

* Winner: The Maid Of Fairbourne Hall - Julie Klassen

• Finalists:

A Lasting Impression - Tamera Alexander

To Die For - Sandra Boyd

Suspense

* Winner: The Queen - Steven James

• Finalists:

Over The Edge - Brandilyn Collins

Pattern Of Wounds - Mark Bertrand

Visionary

* Winner: Veiled Rose - Anne Elisabeth Stengl

• Finalists:

The Chair - James L. Rubart

Forbidden - Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee

Young Adult

* Winner: Waterfall - Lisa T. Bergren

• Finalists:

How Huge The Night - Heather Munn, Lydia Munn

The Merchant's Daughter - Melanie Dickerson