FamilyFiction.com is proud to announce the 2020 Christy Awards finalists in nine Christian fiction categories!

FIRST NOVEL
A Long Time Comin’, Robin W. Pearson – Tyndale House Publishers
The Means That Make Us Strangers, Christine Kindberg – Bellflower Press
Whose Waves These Are, Amanda Dykes – Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group

HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The Land Beneath Us, Sarah Sundin – Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
The Painted Castle, Kristy Cambron – Thomas Nelson
The Number of Love, Roseanna M. White – Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER
Echoes Among the Stones, Jaime Jo Wright – Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group
Girl Behind the Red Rope, Ted Dekker and Rachelle Dekker – Revell/Baker Publishing Group
Smoke Screen, Terri Blackstock – Thomas Nelson

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Just One Kiss, Courtney Walsh – Courtney Walsh Writes
Now and Then and Always, Melissa Tagg – Larkspur Press
Sweet On You, Becky Wade – Bethany House Baker Publishing Group

HISTORICAL
The Bright Unknown, Elizabeth Byler Younts – Tyndale House Publishers
The Medallion, Cathy Gohlke – Tyndale House Publishers
Memories of Glass, Melanie Dobson – Tyndale House Publishers
My Dearest Dietrich, Amanda Barratt – Kregel Publications

SHORT FORM
A Christmas Haven, Cindy Woodsmall and Erin Woodsmall – WaterBrook
A Flood of Love, Tracie Peterson – Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group
Intrigue a la Mode, Regina Jennings – Bethany House Baker Publishing Group

GENERAL FICTION
All Manner of Things, Susie Finkbeiner – Revell/Baker Publishing Group
Whose Waves These Are, Amanda Dykes – Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group
The Words Between Us, Erin Bartels – Revell/Baker Publishing Group

VISIONARY
Cry of the Raven, Morgan L. Busse – Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group
Hidden Current, Sharon Hinck – Enclave Publishing
The Story Raider, Lindsay A. Franklin – Enclave Publishing

YOUNG ADULT
The Means That Make Us Strangers, Christine Kindberg – Bellflower Press
The Piper’s Pursuit, Melanie Dickerson – Thomas Nelson
The Winter King, Christine Cohen – Canonball Books

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