Bits of News: Christy Awards 2013

The Christy Award is the highest honor you can receive in Christian fiction. Here is this year's list, with winners in purple:

Christy Hall of Fame Inductees:
Lynn Austin
Karen Hancock

Contemporary Romance

The Breath of Dawn by Kristen Heitzmann Lethal Legacy by Irene Hannon
Wildflowers from Winter by Katie Ganshert

Contemporary Series, Sequels, and Novellas

Two Destinies by Elizabeth Musser
You Don't Know Me by Susan May Warren Waiting for Sunrise by Eva Marie Everson
 

Contemporary Standalone

The Air We Breathe by Christa Parrish
Borders of the Heart by Chris Fabry
Not in the Heart by Chris Fabry 

Frst Novel

Into the Free by Julie Cantrell Tangled Ashes by Michèle Phoenix
Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green

Historical
Flame of Resistance by Tracy Groot Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green
A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs

Historical Romance

Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden Be Still My Soul by Joanne Bischof
Love's Reckoning by Laura Frantz
 

Suspense

Downfall by Terri Blackstock
The Last Plea Bargain by Randy Singer
Rare Earth by Davis Bunn
Submerged by Dani Pettrey
*This category included four nominees due to a tie in scoring.
 

Visionary

Daughter of Light by Morgan L. Busse
Soul's Gate by James L. Rubart
Starflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

Young Adult

Child of the Mountains by Marilyn Sue Shank
Failstate by John W. Otte Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words by Rachel Coker

Congratulation to nominees,winners, and inductees alike!