Thought since Robin didn’t have a message listed today that she might be very busy with the Christian booksellers convention. I wanted to share with the readers that the 2009 Christy Awards for outstanding Christian fiction were handed out Saturday night. Here’s a list of the all the finalists and the ones in bold and listed first are the winners – including our very own Tamera Alexander. Congratulations to everyone!

Contemporary Romance

Beyond the Night
by Marlo Schalesky (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

Finding Stefanie
by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)

Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White
by Claudia Mair Burney (David C. Cook)

Contemporary Series, Sequels, and Novellas

You Had Me at Good-bye
by Tracey Bateman (FaithWords)

Sisterchicks Go Brit!
by Robin Jones Gunn (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

Summer Snow
by Nicole Baart (Tyndale House Publisher)

Contemporary Standalone
Dogwood
by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)

Embrace Me
by Lisa Samson (Thomas Nelson)

Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon
by Debbie Fuller Thomas (Moody Publishers)

First Novel
Blue Hole Back Home
by Joy Jordan-Lake (David C. Cook)

Rain Song
by Alice J. Wisler (Bethany House Publishers)

Safe at Home
by Richard Doster (David C. Cook)

Historical
Until We Reach Home
by Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers)

Shadow of Colossus
by T.L. Higley ( B&H Publishing Group)

Washington’s Lady
by Nancy Moser (Bethany House Publishers)

Historical Romance
From a Distance
by Tamera Alexander (Bethany House Publishers)

Calico Canyon
by Mary Connealy (Barbour Publishers)

The Moon in the Mango Tree
by Pamela Binnings Ewen (B&H Publishing Group)

Suspense
The Rook
by Steven James (Revell)
By Reason of Insanity
by Randy Singer (Tyndale House Publishers)

Winter Haven
by Athol Dickson (Bethany House Publishers)

Visionary
Vanish
by Tom Pawlik (Tyndale House Publishers)
The Battle for Vast Dominion
by George Bryan Polivka (Harvest House Publishers)

Shade
by John B. Olson (B&H Publishing Group)

Young Adult
I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires
by Cathy Gohlke (Moody Publishers)

The Fruit of My Lipstick
by Shelley Adina (FaithWords)

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
by Andrew Peterson (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)