While my mind is firmly planted on The Moment Between and my as-of-yet unnamed book #4, cool things are happening with my backlist. (I have a backlist. Sheesh.) A few days ago, I was thrilled (actually, that doesn't quite encompass it, try: blown away, shocked silent, tickled positively pink) to learn that my second book, Summer Snow, has been nominated for a Christy Award! The Christy Awards recognize excellence in Christian fiction, and I am so flattered that one of my books is being considered for this incredible honor. Wow.
Summer Snow is one of three finalists in the Contemporary Series, Sequels, and Novellas category, and the winner will be announced this summer at the ICRS convention in Denver. Wow. Did I say that already? I'm still reeling... :)
Here's the full list of this years' nominees. Check out the amazing authors! I'm on this list?!?!
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Beyond the Night by Marlo Schalesky
Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren
Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White by Claudia Mair Burney
CONTEMPORARY SERIES, SEQUELS, AND NOVELLAS
Sisterchicks Go Brit! by Robin Jones Gunn
Summer Snow by Nicole Baart
You Had Me at Good-bye by Tracey Bateman
CONTEMPORARY STANDALONE
Dogwood by Chris Fabry
Embrace Me by Lisa Samson
Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon by Debbie Fuller Thomas
FIRST NOVEL
Blue Hole Back Home by Joy Jordan-Lake
Rain Song by Alice J. Wisler
Safe at Home by Richard Doster
HISTORICAL
Shadow of Colossus by T.L. Higley
Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin
Washington’s Lady by Nancy Moser
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy
From a Distance by Tamera Alexander
The Moon in the Mango Tree by Pamela Binnings Ewen
SUSPENSE
By Reason of Insanity by Randy Singer
The Rook by Steven James
Winter Haven by Athol Dickson
VISIONARY
The Battle for Vast Dominion by George Bryan Polivka
Shade by John B. Olson
Vanish by Tom Pawlik
YOUNG ADULT
The Fruit of My Lipstick by Shelley Adina
I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires by Cathy Gohlke
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
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Congratulations!!! That's an awesome honor. And it is a great book. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amy! I'm pretty excited! :)
ReplyDeletethat is so crazy cool! how exciting for you! i hope you win!
ReplyDeletei gave my extra copies of your first two books to a friend and she loved them - i'm just creating more converts to you!
Congrats, Nicole. Your books sound marvelous. And so do you
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stacey and Tracey (as my 5-year-old would say: hey, that rhymes!).
ReplyDeleteI tried to find your website, Tracey, and had no luck. So I guess I have to use this venue to say congratulations to you, too! I hope we get to meet this summer at ICRS. :) I have heard such wonderful things about your books--I'm looking forward to checking them out!
Warmly,
Nicole