2008 Christy Award Winners & Finalists

Contemporary

Winner: Chasing Fireflies - Charles Martin

• Finalists:

In High Places - Tom Morrisey

Quaker Summer - Lisa Samson

Contemporary Romance

Winner: Remembered - Tamera Alexander

• Finalists:

Lightning And Lace - DiAnn Mills

Remember To Forget - Deborah Raney

Contemporary Series

* Winner: Home To Holly Springs - Jan Karon

• Finalists:

A Time To Mend - Sally John, Gary Smalley

What Lies Within - Karen Ball

First Novel

* Winner: The Stones Cry Out - Sibella Giorello

• Finalists:

Auralia's Colors - Jeffrey Overstreet

Demon: A Memoir - Tosca Lee

Historical

* Winner: A Proper Pursuit - Lynn Austin

• Finalists:

Lady Of Milkweed Manor - Julie Klassen

A Tendering In The Storm - Jane Kirkpatrick

Lits

* Winner: Hallie's Heart - Shelly Beach

• Finalists:

Doesn't She Look Natural? - Angela Hunt

Let Them Eat Cake - Sandra Byrd

Trophy Wives Club - Kristin Billerbeck

Suspense

* Winner: The Cure - Athol Dickson

• Finalists:

My Hands Came Away Red - Lisa McKay

The Pawn - Steven James