Angie Arndt

Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Christy Advisory Board is pleased to announce nominees in nine categories for the 2008 Christy Awards honoring Christian fiction. The Christy Awards dinner will be held Saturday evening, July 12, 2008, at The Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida. Visit the Christy Awards online at http://www.christyawards.com/ for more information about the dinner and to make reservations.

The Christy Awards 2008 Nominees:

CONTEMPORARY (STAND ALONE)

• Chasing Fireflies: A Novel of Discovery by Charles Martin (Thomas Nelson)
• In High Places by Tom Morrisey (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
• Quaker Summer (Women of Faith Fiction #14) (2007 Novel of the Year) by Lisa Samson (Thomas Nelson)

CONTEMPORARY (SERIES, SEQUELS, AND NOVELLAS)

• Home to Holly Springs (Father Tim, Book 1) by Jan Karon (Viking Penguin)
• A Time to Mend (Safe Harbor Series #1) by Sally John and Gary Smalley (Thomas Nelson)
• What Lies Within (Family Honor Series #3) by Karen Ball (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

HISTORICAL

• Lady of Milkweed Manor by Julie Klassen (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
• A Proper Pursuit by Lynn Austin (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
• A Tendering in the Storm (Change and Cherish Historical Series #2) by Jane Kirkpatrick (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

LITS (four nominees due to a tie)

• Doesn’t She Look Natural (The Fairlawn Series #1) by Angela Elwell Hunt (Tyndale House Publishers)
• Hallie’s Heart: A Novel by Shelly Beach (Kregel Publications)
• Let Them Eat Cake by Sandra Byrd (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
• The Trophy Wives Club: A Novel of Fakes, Faith, and a Love That Lasts Forever by Kristin Billerbeck (Avon Inspire, a division of HarperCollins Publishers)

ROMANCE

• Lightning and Lace (Texas Legacy, Book 3) by DiAnn Mills (Barbour Publishing)
• Remember to Forget (Clayburn Novels Series #1) by Deborah Raney (Howard Books, a division of Simon and Schuster)
• Remembered (Fountain Creek Chronicles, Book 3) by Tamera Alexander (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

SUSPENSE

• The Cure by Athol Dickson (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
• My Hands Came Away Red by Lisa McKay (Moody Publishers)
• The Pawn (The Patrick Bowers Files, Book 1) by Steven James (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

VISIONARY

• Auralia’s Colors (The Auralia Thread Series #1) by Jeffrey Overstreet (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
• The Restorer (The Sword of Lyric) by Sharon Hinck (NavPress Publishing Group)
• Scarlet (The King Raven Trilogy, Book 2) by Stephen R. Lawhead (Thomas Nelson)

FIRST NOVEL

• Auralia’s Colors (The Auralia Thread Series #1) by Jeffrey Overstreet (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
• Demon by Tosca Lee (NavPress Publishing Group)
• The Stones Cry Out: A Novel by Sibella Giorello (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

YOUNG ADULT

• Hollywood Nobody (Hollywood Nobody Series, Book 1) by Lisa Samson (NavPress Publishing Group)
• In Between: A Katie Parker Production Act 1 by Jenny B. Jones (NavPress Publishing Group)
• Maggie Come Lately (The Pathway Collection #1) by Michelle Buckman (NavPress Publishing Group)