The most popular
form of art among evangelicals may be
the story…stories really do locate us in the human condition, and stories bind our families to each other and to the earth.

—Calvin Miller

2008 Winners & Finalists

 

Contemporary (Stand-Alones)

Chasing Fireflies

by Charles Martin (Thomas Nelson)

In High Places

by Tom Morrisey (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Quaker Summer

by Lisa Samson (Thomas Nelson)

Contemporary (Series, Sequels and Novellas)

Home to Holly Springs

by Jan Karon (Viking Penguin)

A Time to Mend

by Sally John and Gary Smalley (Thomas Nelson)

What Lies Within

by Karen Ball (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

 

Historical

A Proper Pursuit

by Lynn Austin (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Lady of Milkweed Manor

by Julie Klassen (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Tendering in the Storm

by Jane Kirkpatrick (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

Lits

Hallie's Heart

by Shelly Beach (Kregel Publications)

Doesn't She Look Natural

by Angela Hunt (Tyndale House Publishers)

Let Them Eat Cake

by Sandra Byrd (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

Trophy Wives Club

by Kristin Billerbeck (Avon Inspire, a division of HarperCollins Publishers)

Romance

Remembered

by Tamera Alexander (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Lightning and Lace

by DiAnn Mills (Barbour Publishing)

Remember to Forget

by Deborah Raney (Howard Books, a division of Simon and Schuster)

Suspense

The Cure

by Athol Dickson (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

My Hands Came Away Red

by Lisa McKay (Moody Publishers)

The Pawn

by Steven James (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

 

Visionary

Scarlet

by Stephen R. Lawhead (Thomas Nelson)

Auralia's Colors

by Jeffrey Overstreet (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

The Restorer

by Sharon Hinck (NavPress Publishing Group)

 

First Novel

The Stones Cry Out

by Sibella Giorello (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Auralia's Colors

by Jeffrey Overstreet (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

Demon: A Memoir

by Tosca Lee (NavPress Publishing Group)

Young Adult

Hollywood Nobody

by Lisa Samson (NavPress Publishing Group)

In Between

by Jenny B. Jones (NavPress Publishing Group)

Maggie Come Lately

by Michelle Buckman (NavPress Publishing Group)