The 2012 Christy Award Winners

One way to decide what fiction to read is to pick up award winners. The top award for Christian fiction is the Christy Award, given in nine categories.

Here are this year’s winners–all books published in 2011 by a royalty-paying publisher:

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Wolfsbane
by Ronie Kendig
Barbour Publishing

CONTEMPORARY SERIES
The Amish Midwife
by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould
Harvest House Publishers

CONTEMPORARY STANDALONE
Promises to Keep
by Ann Tatlock
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group

FIRST NOVEL
Words
by Ginny Yttrup
B&H Publishing Group

HISTORICAL
Wonderland Creek
by Lynn Austin
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group

HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
by Julie Klassenby
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group

SUSPENSE
The Queen
by Steven James
Revell Books, a division of Baker Publishing

VISIONARY
Veiled Rose
by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group

YOUNG ADULT
Waterfall
by Lisa T. Bergren
David C Cook

You can find out more about the books and authors from the official Christy Award press release. To find the list of other nominations and the replay of the ceremony’s live blog, visit the official Christy Awards site.

Congratulations to each of these fine authors.