2014 Christy Award Finalists Announced
The Christy Advisory Board is pleased to announce finalistsfor the 2014 Christy Awards honoring the best in Christian fiction. The fifteenthannual Christy Awards will be presented June 23 in Atlanta. Here are the finalists:
Contemporary
Every Waking Moment
by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)
The Prayer Box
by Lisa Wingate (Tyndale House Publishers)
Stones for Bread
by Christa Parrish (Thomas Nelson, Harper Collins ChristianPublishing)
ContemporaryRomance/Suspense
Dangerous Passage
by Lisa Harris (Revell, a division of Baker PublishingGroup)
Once Upon a Prince
by Rachel Hauck (Zondervan, Harper Collins ChristianPublishing)
Rosemary Cottage
by Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson, Harper Collins ChristianPublishing)
Vanished
by Irene Hannon (Revell, a division of Baker PublishingGroup)
This category includes four nominees due to a tie inscoring.
Contemporary Series
Firefly Island
by Lisa Wingate (Bethany House Publishers, a division ofBaker Publishing Group)
Lock, Stock, and Overa Barrel
by Melody Carlson (B&H Publishing Group)
Take a Chance on Me
by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)
First Novel
Burning Sky
by Lori Benton (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
A Cast of Stones
by Patrick W. Carr (Bethany House Publishers, a division ofBaker Publishing Group)
DearMr. Knightley
by Katherine Reay (Thomas Nelson, Harper Collins ChristianPublishing)
Historical
All for a Story
by Allison Pittman (Tyndale House Publishers)
Burning Sky
by Lori Benton(WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
Sweet Mercy
by Ann Tatlock (Bethany House Publishers, a division ofBaker Publishing Group)
Historical Romance
Harvest of Gold
by Tessa Afshar (River North, from Moody Publishing)
Stealing the Preacher
by Karen Witemeyer (Bethany House Publishers, a division ofBaker Publishing Group)
Under a BlackberryMoon
by Serena B. Miller (Revell, a division of Baker PublishingGroup)
Suspense
Dark Justice
by Brandilyn Collins (B&H Publishing Group)
Outlaw
by Ted Dekker (FaithWords, a division of Hachette BookGroup)
Singularity
by Steven James (Revell, a division of Baker PublishingGroup)
Visionary
A Cast of Stones
by Patrick W. Carr (Bethany House Publishers, a division ofBaker Publishing Group)
Dragonwitch
by Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Bethany House Publishers, adivision of Baker Publishing Group)
Numb
by John W. Otte (Marcher Lord Press)