2003 Christy Award Winners & Finalists

Allegory/Fantasy

Winner: Arena - Karen Hancock

• Finalists:

A Sword For The Immerland King - F.W. Faller

Covenant Child - Terri Blackstock

Contemporary

Winner: All The Way Home - Ann Tatlock

• Finalists:

Not A Sparrow Falls - Linda Nichols

Women's Intuition - Lisa Samson

Contemporary Romance

Winner: True Honor - Dee Henderson

• Finalists:

The Healer - Dee Henderson

Summer Shadow - Gayle Roper

First Novel

* Winner: A Place Called Wiregrass - Michael Morris

• Finalists:

Daughter Of China - C. Hope Flinchbaugh

Yucatan Deep - Tom Morrisey

Futuristic

* Winner: Time Lottery - Nancy Moser

• Finalists:

The Fifth Man - John B. Olson, Randall Ingermanson

Ice - Shane Johnson

International Historical

* Winner: His Watchful Eye - Jack Cavanaugh

• Finalists:

Hallelujah - J. Scott Featherstone

The Shadow Women - Angela Elwell Hunt

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

* Winner: Directed Verdict - Randy Singer

• Finalists:

Crown Of Thorns - Sigmund Brouwer

They Shall See God - Athol Dickson

North American Historical

* Winner: Candle In The Darkness - Lynn Austin

• Finalists:

The Tender Vine - Kristen Heitzmann

Virginia Autumn - Sara Mitchell