Nashville, TN (November 8, 2018)
Last night, the winners of The Christy Award™ were announced at the Christy Award Gala held in Nashville’s Shamblin Theatre at Lipscomb University, amid nearly 200 authors, writers, publishers, and industry professionals who were in attendance to honor the year’s best in Christian fiction.

Presented by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), the 19th annual event was hosted by the genre’s notable authors: Charles Martin, Francine Rivers, Carla Laureano, Cynthia Ruchti, along with Sarah Arthur who gave an inspiring tribute to Madeleine L’Engle honoring the 100th anniversary of her birthday.

The 2018 Christy Award winners by category are:

BOOK OF THE YEAR
True to You by Becky Wade
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
True to You by Becky Wade
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

FIRST NOVEL
Missing Isaac by Valerie Fraser Luesse
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group

GENERAL FICTION
Life After by Katie Ganshert
WaterBrook

HISTORICAL
Isaiah’s Daughter by Mesu Andrews
WaterBrook

HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The Lacemaker by Laura Frantz
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group, 9780800726638

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER
The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

SHORT FORM
12 Days at Bleakly Manor by Michelle Griep
Barbour Publishing

VISIONARY
The Man He Never Was by James Rubart
Thomas Nelson

YOUNG ADULT
The Delusion by Laura Gallier
Wander, a YA imprint of Tyndale House

“At a time when people are longing for stories of hope, The Christy Award honors those authors whose excellent work proclaims the essence of hope because they tell the truth about life,” said ECPA president Stan Jantz. “Congratulations to those authors and their publishers whose novels were recognized for telling those stories especially well.”

Also honored during the evening celebration, was five-time Christy Award winning author Chris Fabry, who was inducted into the Christy Award Hall of Fame for his legacy and contributions to Christian fiction. He joins prior honorees Lynn Austin, Davis Bunn, and Karen Hancock in this highest author honor of the program. All have won at least four Christy Awards.

Pictured from left: ECPA’s Stan Jantz with winning authors Laura Gallier, Michelle Griep, Laura Frantz, Jaime Jo Wright, Valerie Fraser Luesse, Mesu Andrews, Becky Wade, and Chris Fabry (PHOTO CREDIT: Kristen Fields, kristenfields.com)

For more information about The Christy Award™ program and to sign up for award and event updates for the 2019 season, go to www.ChristyAwards.com where complete information can be found.

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