I’m a Book of the Year winner!

Captain's Log, Stardate 09.22.2008

I won first place in the Debut Author category of the American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year awards!

Here are all the winners!

Debut Author

1. Sushi for One? (Camy Tang) Zondervan, editor Sue Brower
2. Bayou Justice (Robin Miller writing as Robin Caroll)
3. In Between (Jenny B. Jones)

Contemporary Novella

1. Finally Home in Missouri Memories anthology (Deborah Raney) Barbour Publishing, editor Susan Downs
2. Moonlight & Mistletoe in A Big Apple Christmas anthology (Carrie Turansky)
3. Remaking of Moe McKenna in Race to the Altar anthology (Gloria Clover)

Historical Novella

1. Love Notes in Love Letters Anthology (Mary Davis) Barbour Publishing, editor Rebecca Germany
2. Beyond the Memories in Missouri Memories anthology (DiAnn Mills)
3. The Spinster & The Tycoon in The Spinster Brides of Cactus Corner anthology (Vickie McDonough)

Lits

1. Splitting Harriet (Tamara Leigh) Multnomah Books, editor Julee Schwarzburg
2. Sushi for One? (Camy Tang)
3. One Little Secret (Allison Bottke) & The Book of Jane (Anne Dayton & May Vanderbilt)

Long Contemporary

1. Within This Circle (Deborah Raney) Steeple Hill Books, editor Krista Stroever
2. Like Always (Robert Elmer)
3. Autumn Blue (Karen Harter)

Long Historical

1. Veil of Fire (Marlo Schalesky) RiverOak, editors Jeff Dunn/Jon Woodhams

Where Willows Grow (Kim Vogel Sawyer) Bethany House, editor Charlene Patterson

2. Fancy Pants (Cathy Marie Hake) & Then Came Hope (Louise Gouge)

3. Courting Trouble (Deeanne Gist)

Mystery

1. Your Chariot Awaits (Lorena McCourtney) Thomas Nelson, editor Amanda Bostic
2. Death of a Garage Sale Newbie (Sharon Dunn)
3. Sticks And Stones (Susan Meissner)

Short Contemporary

1. The Heart of Grace (Linda Goodnight) Steeple Hill Love Inspired, editor Allison Lyons
2. Heart of the Family (Margaret Daley)
3. Wedded Bliss (Kathleen Y’Barbo)

Short Contemporary Suspense

1. Caught Redhanded (Gayle Roper) Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, editor Krista Stroever
2. Pursuit of Justice (Pamela Tracy)
3. Nowhere to Hide (Debby Giusti) & Her Christmas Protector (Terri Reed)

Short Historical

1. Canteen Dreams (Cara Putman) & Golden Days (Mary Connealy)

Barbour/Heartsong Presents, editor JoAnne Simmons

2. A Wealth Beyond Riches (Vickie McDonough)
3. A Time to Keep (Kelly Eileen Hake)

Speculative

1. The Restorer’s Son (Sharon Hinck) NavPress, editor Reagan Reed
2. Demon: A Memoir (Tosca Lee)
3. DragonFire (Donita Paul)

Suspense

1. Black Ice (Linda Hall) WaterBrook Press, editor Traci DePree
2. Coral Moon (Brandilyn Collins)
3. Abomination (Colleen Coble)

Women’s Fiction

1. Remember to Forget (Deborah Raney) Howard Books/Simon & Schuster, editor Philis Boultinghouse
2. Watercolored Pearls (Stacy Hawkins Adams)
3. A Promise To Remember (Kathryn Cushman)

Young Adult

1. In Between (Jenny B. Jones) NavPress, editor Jamie Chavez
2. Sarah Jane: Liberty’s Torch (Eleanor Clark)
3. Saving Sailor (Renee Riva)