2013 Christy Award Nominees

Earlier today the 2013 Christy Award Nominees were announced. This is always a highly anticipated announcement, and I am excited to share the list of honorees with you. The winners will be announced and the awards presented at the Christy Award dinner on Monday, June 24, 2013 in St. Louis, Missouri. I am delighted that I will be attending for the third consecutive year.

Here are the nominees in the nine categories honoring Christian fiction. If I have reviewed a book, the title is hyper-linked to my review (and several reviews include my interview with the author).

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

• The Breath of Dawn by Kristen Heitzmann
  Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
  
• Lethal Legacy by Irene Hannon
  (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
  
• Wildflowers from Winter by Katie Ganshert
  (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

CONTEMPORARY SERIES, SEQUELS, AND NOVELLAS

• Two Destinies by Elizabeth Musser
  (David C Cook)
  
• You Don't Know Me by Susan May Warren
  (Tyndale House Publishers)
  
• Waiting for Sunrise by Eva Marie Everson
  (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

CONTEMPORARY STANDALONE

• The Air We Breathe by Christa Parrish
  (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
  
• Borders of the Heart by Chris Fabry
  (Tyndale House Publishers)
  
• Not in the Heart by Chris Fabry
  (Tyndale House Publishers)

FIRST NOVEL

• Into the Free by Julie Cantrell
  (David C Cook)
  
• Tangled Ashes by Michèle Phoenix
  (Tyndale House Publishers)
  
• Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green
  (River North, an imprint of Moody Press)

HISTORICAL

• Flame of Resistance by Tracy Groot
  (Tyndale House Publishers)
  
• Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green
  (River North, an imprint of Moody Press)
  
• A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs
  (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

HISTORICAL ROMANCE

• Against the Tide
by Elizabeth Camden (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
• Be Still My Soul by Joanne Bischof
  (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
  
• Love's Reckoning by Laura Frantz
  (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

SUSPENSE

• Downfall by Terri Blackstock
  (Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  
• The Last Plea Bargain by Randy Singer
  (Tyndale House Publishers)
  
• Rare Earth by Davis Bunn
  (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
  
• Submerged by Dani Pettrey
  (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
  
  *This category includes four nominees due to a tie in scoring.

VISIONARY

• Daughter of Light by Morgan L. Busse
  (Marcher Lord Press)
  
• Soul's Gate by James L. Rubart
  (Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  
• Starflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
  (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

YOUNG ADULT

• Child of the Mountains by Marilyn Sue Shank
  (Delacorte Press, a division of Random House)
  
• Failstate by John W. Otte
  (Marcher Lord Press)
  
• Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words by Rachel Coker
  (Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing)

If you need a spring or summer reading list, these books are a great place to start!