2011 Whitney Award Finalists

Congratulations to the Finalists of the 2011 Whitney Awards. The Whitneys are given each year to outstanding books by LDS (Mormon) novelists. Winners will be announced at the 2011 Whitney Awards Gala on May 5th at the Provo Marriott, Provo, Utah.

Special congratulations go to our ANWA Members, Jenni James, Janette Rallison (also writing as C.J. Hill), and Theresa Sneed, for their inclusion among the Finalists.

General:

Before I Say Goodbye by Rachel Ann Nunes

Gifted by Karey White

Evolution of Thomas Hall by Kieth Merrill

The Walk: Miles to Go by Richard Paul Evans

The Wedding Letters by Jason F. Wright

Historical:

Daughter of Helaman by Misty Moncur

Fires of Jerusalem by Marilyn Brown

Isabelle Webb: The Pharaoh's Daughter by N.C. Allen

Letters in the Jade Dragon Box by Gale Sears

Miss Delacourt Has Her Day by Heidi Ashworth

Romance:

Borrowed Light by Carla Kelly

Captive Heart by Michele Paige Holmes

Count Down to Love by Julie N. Ford

The List by Melanie Jacobson

Not My Type by Melanie Jacobson

Mystery/Suspense:

Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry

Bloodborne by Gregg Luke

If I Should Die by Jennie Hansen

Rearview Mirror by Stephanie Black

Smokescreen by Traci Hunter Abramson

Speculative:

The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel by Brandon Sanderson

I Don't Want to Kill You by Dan Wells

The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

A Night of Blacker Darkness by Dan Wells

No Angel by Theresa Sneed

Youth Fiction Speculative:

My Unfair Godmother by Janette Rallison

Shifting by Bethany Wiggins

Slayers by C.J. Hill

Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

Variant by Robison Wells

Youth Fiction General:

Girls Don't Fly by Kristen Chandler

Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams

Pride & Popularity by Jenni James

Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavitt

With a Name like Love by Tess Hilmo