2008 RITA® Winners

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The following authors and books were finalists in the 2008 RITA contest. Over 1,000 novels and novellas were judged in 12 categories. Winners of the awards are announced August 2nd at the RITA and Golden Heart Awards Ceremony to be held at RWA’s 28th Annual National Conference in San Francisco, California.

Interestingly, two books called Untouched, by Anna Campbell and Samantha Hunter, were finalists in the 2008 RITA® contest in the RITA®: Regency Historical Romance and RITA®: Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure categories, respectively.

Several 2008 finalists -- Diana Holquist, Susan Andersen, Leslie Kelly, and Kristan Higgins (with a special appearance by Rachel Gibson's publicist produced a trash talking video to highlight the important stakes behind the RITA.

2008 RITA for Best First Book


2008 RITA for Contemporary Series Romance

2008 RITA for Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure

2008 RITA for Contemporary Single Title Romance

2008 RITA for Historical Romance


2008 RITA for Inspirational Romance

2008 RITA for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

2008 RITA for Paranormal Romance

2008 RITA for Regency Historical Romance

2008 RITA for Romance Novella

2008 RITA for Romantic Suspense Finalists

2008 RITA for Young Adult Romance