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ANN ARBOR, Mich.The 14th annual Christy Awards for excellence in Christian fiction will be presented at a dinner to be held Mon., June 24, 2013, at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in St. Louis, Mo. The reservation form for the 2013 Christy Awards will be available online at www.christyawards.com after May 3. The keynote speaker and emcee will be announced soon.

The Christy Advisory Board is pleased to announce nominees in nine categories for the 2013 Christy Awards honoring Christian fiction. They are:

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

  • The Breath of Dawn by Kristen Heitzmann (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
  • Lethal Legacy by Irene Hannon (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
  • Wildflowers from Winter by Katie Ganshert (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

CONTEMPORARY SERIES, SEQUELS, AND NOVELLAS

  • Two Destinies by Elizabeth Musser (David C Cook)
  • You Don’t Know Me by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)
  • Waiting for Sunrise by Eva Marie Everson (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

CONTEMPORARY STANDALONE

  • The Air We Breathe by Christa Parrish (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
  • Borders of the Heart by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)
  • Not in the Heart by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)

FIRST NOVEL

  • Into the Free by Julie Cantrell (David C Cook)
  • Tangled Ashes by Michèle Phoenix (Tyndale House Publishers)
  • Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green (River North, an imprint of Moody Press)

HISTORICAL

  • Flame of Resistance by Tracy Groot (Tyndale House Publishers)
  • Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green (River North, an imprint of Moody Press)
  • A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

HISTORICAL ROMANCE

  • Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
  • Be Still My Soul by Joanne Bischof (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
  • Love’s Reckoning by Laura Frantz (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

SUSPENSE*

  • Downfall by Terri Blackstock (Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  • The Last Plea Bargain by Randy Singer (Tyndale House Publishers)
  • Rare Earth by Davis Bunn (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
  • Submerged by Dani Pettrey (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

[*This category includes four nominees due to a tie in scoring.]

VISIONARY

  • Daughter of Light by Morgan L. Busse (Marcher Lord Press)
  • Soul’s Gate by James L. Rubart (Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  • Starflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

YOUNG ADULT

  • Child of the Mountains by Marilyn Sue Shank (Delacorte Press, a division of Random House)
  • Failstate by John W. Otte (Marcher Lord Press)
  • Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words by Rachel Coker (Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing)

 

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