Congratulations to the authors and publishers of this year’s Christy Award winners, announced Thursday, October 28, in an online format. The ceremony featured Dallas Jenkins, producer and director of the hit series The Chosen, and his literary agent Steve Laube.
BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Edge of Belonging, Amanda Cox
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Stay with Me, Becky Wade
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
FIRST NOVEL
The Edge of Belonging, Amanda Cox
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
GENERAL FICTION
The Way It Should Be, Christina Suzann Nelson
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
HISTORICAL FICTION
The White Rose Resists, Amanda Barratt
Kregel Publications
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
A Portrait of Loyalty, Roseanna M. White
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER
Relative Silence, Carrie Stuart Parks
Thomas Nelson
SHORT-FORM FICTION
Joy to the World: Far as the Curse is Found, Amanda Barratt
Kregel Publications
SPECULATIVE FICTION
Forsaken Island, Sharon Hinck
Enclave Publishing
YOUNG ADULT
Mortal Sight, Sandra Fernandez Rhoads
Enclave Publishing
Note: Two authors enjoyed double winnings: Amanda Cox won two awards, First Novel and Book of the Year, for the same book. Amanda Barratt won two awards for two different releases, The White Rose Resists and Far as the Curse is Found (a short story in the compilation Joy to the World).
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