I’d like to congratulate the following 2008 Christy Award Nominees:

CONTEMPORARY (STAND ALONE)

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Chasing Fireflies by Charles Martin (Thomas Nelson)

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In High Places by Tom Morrisey (Bethany House, a division of Baker
Publishing

Group)

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Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson (Thomas Nelson)

CONTEMPORARY (SERIES, SEQUELS, AND NOVELLAS)

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Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon (Viking Penguin)

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A Time to Mend by Sally John and Gary Smalley (Thomas Nelson)

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What Lies Within by Karen Ball (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

HISTORICAL

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Lady of Milkweed Manor by Julie Klassen (Bethany House, a division of
Baker

Publishing Group)

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A Proper Pursuit by Lynn Austin (Bethany House, a division of Baker
Publishing

Group)

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Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (WaterBrook Multnomah
Publishing

Group)

LITS (four nominees due to a tie)

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Doesn’t She Look Natural by Angela Elwell Hunt (Tyndale House
Publishers)

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Hallie’s Heart by Shelly Beach (Kregel Publications)

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Let Them Eat Cake by Sandra Byrd (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing
Group)

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Trophy Wives Club by Kristin Billerbeck (Avon Inspire, a division of
HarperCollins

Publishers)

ROMANCE

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Lightning and Lace by DiAnn Mills (Barbour Publishing)

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Remember to Forget by Deborah Raney (Howard Books, a division of Simon
and

Schuster)

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Remembered by Tamera Alexander (Bethany House, a division of Baker
Publishing

Group)

SUSPENSE

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The Cure by Athol Dickson (Bethany House, a division of Baker
Publishing Group)

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My Hands Came Away Red by Lisa McKay (Moody Publishers)

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The Pawn by Steven James (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

VISIONARY

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Auralia’s Colors by Jeffrey Overstreet (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing
Group)

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The Restorer by Sharon Hinck (NavPress Publishing Group)

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Scarlet by Stephen R. Lawhead (Thomas Nelson)

FIRST NOVEL

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Auralia’s Colors by Jeffrey Overstreet (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing
Group)

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Demon: A Memoir by Tosca Lee (NavPress Publishing Group)

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The Stones Cry Out by Sibella Giorello (Revell, a division of Baker
Publishing Group)

YOUNG ADULT

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Hollywood Nobody by Lisa Samson (NavPress Publishing Group)

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In Between by Jenny B.Jones (NavPress Publishing Group)

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Maggie Come Lately by Michelle Buckman (NavPress Publishing Group)