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)