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The Christy Award® Gala

Thursday, November 14, 2024 | 7pm

DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel & Conference Center Chicago/Downers Grove




Hosted by Christy Hall of Fame author Chris Fabry, the Christy Award Winners Gala will be held Thursday, November 14th at 7pm CT at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel & Conference Center Chicago/Downers Grove. Starting with dinner at 7 pm, the evening will include presentation of the finalists and announcement of The Christy Award winners in nine categories plus the Christy Book of the Year and Amplify Award. Our keynote will be presented by Amanda Barratt, the 2023 winner of the Christy Book of the Year, and we will also hear from four-time Christy-winning author Sharon Hinck as she will be inducted in the Christy Hall of Fame. Special guests will provide tribute to this year's legacy author J.R.R. Tolkien, marvelous fueler of our imagination and soul truths.

Author

Amanda Barratt

Amanda Barratt is the bestselling author of numerous historical novels and novellas, including The Warsaw Sisters, Within These Walls of Sorrow, and The White Rose Resists. She is the recipient of multiple Christy Awards as well as the Carol Award. Amanda lives in Michigan.

Author

Chris Fabry

Chris Fabry is an award-winning author of more than 80 books, including Saving Grayson and his latest, The Forge, based on the film by the Kendrick Brothers. He’s the winner of the Carol
Award, five Christy Awards and was inducted into the Christy Award Hall of Fame. Chris is also the host of Chris Fabry Live on Moody Radio.

Author

Sharon Hinck

Award-winning author Sharon Hinck writes “stories for the hero in all of us,” about ordinary people on extraordinary faith journeys. She has been honored with four Carol awards, and four Christy Awards for her novels and also has written for a variety of devotion books. She has experience as a church youth worker, a choreographer and ballet teacher, a church organist, and an adjunct professor for Creative Writing MFA students. One day she’ll figure out what to be when she grows up, but meanwhile she’s pouring her imagination into writing.

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