ACFW Book of the Year Winners!

Congratulations go out to all the entrants and finalists in the 2009 ACFW Book of the Year Contest. I firmly believe every entrant is a winner, but only 1 can win first place. And here they are:

Debut Author
A Passion Most Pure (Julie Lessman)

Lits
Sweet Caroline (Rachel Hauck)

Long Contemporary
Symphony of Secrets (Sharon Hinck)

Long Contemporary Romance
Controlling Interest (Elizabeth White)

Long Historical
I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires (Cathy Gohlke)
My Heart Remembers (Kim Vogel Sawyer)

Mystery
For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls (Nancy Mehl)

NOVELLAS
Stuck On You (Rhonda Gibson in A Connecticut Christmas anthology)

SHORT CONTEMPORARY
Family Treasures (Kathryn Springer)

SHORT CONTEMPORARY SUSPENSE
Broken Lullaby (Pamela Tracy)

SHORT HISTORICAL
Family of the Heart (Dorothy Clark)

SPECULATIVE
The Restorer’s Journey (Sharon Hinck)

SUSPENSE
Fossil Hunter (John B. Olson)

WOMEN'S FICTION
The Shape of Mercy (Susan Meissner)

YOUNG ADULT
The Big Picture (Jenny B. Jones)