On May 6, the Christy Advisory Board announced nominees in nine categories for the 2011 Christy Awards for excellence in Christian fiction. Awards will be presented at the twelfth annual Christy Awards dinner to be held at The Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, July 11.
Keynote speaker for the evening will be Randall Wallace, an American screenwriter, director, producer, songwriter, and New York Times best-selling author who came into prominence by writing the screenplay for the 1995 film Braveheart. New York Times best-selling author, Liz Curtis Higgs, will emcee. For additional details visit www.christyawards.com.
Special congratulations to Rusty Whitener and Chris Fabry, whose nominated books were recently featured on Divine Detour. Click the book covers to the right to read their respective interviews.
A complete list of nominees is listed below. Congratulations to everyone nominated!
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Blood Ransom
Lisa Harris (Zondervan)
Indivisible
Kristin Heitzmann (WaterBrook Press)
Sworn to Protect
DiAnn Mills (Tyndale House Publishers)
CONTEMPORARY SERIES, SEQUELS, & NOVELLAS
The Reluctant Prophet
Nancy Rue (David C. Cook)
The Thorn
Beverly Lewis (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
The Waiting
Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
CONTEMPORARY STANDALONE
Almost Heaven
Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)
Lady in Waiting
Susan Meissner (WaterBrook Press)
A Season of Miracles
Rusty Whitener (Kregel Publications)
FIRST NOVEL
Crossing Oceans
Gina Holmes (Tyndale House Publishers)
Heartless
Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
A Season of Miracles
Rusty Whitener (Kregel Publications)
HISTORICAL
Chosen: The Lost Diaries of Queen Esther
Ginger Garrett (David C. Cook)
For Time & Eternity
Allison Pitman (Tyndale House Publishers)
While We’re Far Apart
Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The Girl in the Gatehouse
Julie Klassen (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
She Walks in Beauty
Siri Mitchell (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
Within My Heart
Tamera Alexander (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
SUSPENSE
The Bishop
Steven James (Revell Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
The Bride Collector
Ted Dekker (Center Street)
Predator
Terri Blackstock (Zondervan)
VISIONARY
To Darkness Fled
Jill Williamson (Marcher Lord Press)
Konig’s Fire
Marc Schooley (Marcher Lord Press)
The Last Christian
David Gregory (WaterBrook Press)
YOUNG ADULT
The Charlatan’s Boy
Jonathan Rogers (WaterBrook Press)
The Healer’s Apprentice
Melanie Dickerson (Zondervan)
Motorcycles, Sushi, and One Strange Book
Nancy Rue (Zondervan)