Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Whitney Awards

This is the third year for the Whitney Awards. To nominate your favorite novels by LDS writers that have been published in 2009, go to the Whitney Award website. There are several fiction categories. Deadline to nominate is December 31, 2009.

LDS Publisher blog keeps a running tally of eligible books. I've posted the list below and bolded the ones that I've read so far!

2009 Fiction by LDS authors


Abish: Faith Among the Lamanites – Brenda Andersen
Actor and the Housewife, The – Shannon Hale
Adventures of Hash Brown Winters, The – Frank Cole
Agent in Old Lace – Tristi Pinkston
Alcatraz vs the Knights of Crystallia – Brandon Sanderson
All the Stars in Heaven – Michele Paige Holmes
Alma – H.B. Moore
Altared Plans – Rebecca Talley
Altered State – Gregg Luke
Alvor – Laura Bingham
Am I Not a Man – Mark L. Shurtleff
Amaranth Enchantment – Julie Berry
Babylon – Wendie L. Edwards
Balls in Her Court, The – Heather Justesen
Best of Times, The – Anita Stansfield
Beyond the Mask – Kae D. Jacobs
Bone Warriors – Bron Bahlmann
Bones of the Dragon – Weis & Hickman
Brass Dragon Codex – Rebeccan Shelley (aka R.D. Henham)
Briana, My Brother and the Blog – Jack Weyland
Bright Blue Miracle – Becca Wilhite
Burning Wild – Christine Feehan
By Love or By Sea – Rachel Rager
Chaosbound – David Farland
Chosen One, The – Carol Lynch Williams
Christmas Jars Reunion – Jason F Wright
Circle of Souls, A – Preetham Grandhi
Clone Betrayal, The – Steven L. Kent
Code of Honor – Betsy Brannon Green
Cold Creek Homecoming, A – RaeAnne Thayne
Counting the Cost – Liz Adair
Crimson Frost, A – Marcia Lynn McClure
Dark Slayer – Christine Feehan
David & the Bear Lake Monster – Linda Weaver Clarke
Dead Wrong – Clair Poulson
Deadly Treasure – Jillayne Clements
Dragon Spear – Jessica Day George
Dragon War Relic, The – Berin L. Stephens
Dragons of the Hourglass Mage – Hickman & Weis
Elena, Woman of Courage – Linda Weaver Clarke
Elfs in a Conquered Land – Anna del C Dye
Eliza's Field of Faith – Rachelle Pace Castor
English Trifle – Josi S Kilpack
Everything Is Fine – Ann Dee Ellis
Execution Dock – Anne Perry
Eyes Like Mine – Julie Wright
Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary – Brandon Mull
Farworld: Land Keep – J Scott Savage
FOB Bible, The – Eric W Jepson, et al
Forest Born – Shannon Hale
Forgotten Warrior, The – Kathi Oram Peterson
Fortune's Woman – RaeAnne Thayne
Freaky Flyday – David Farland
Gathering Storm, The – Brandon Sanderson (Robert Jordan)
Gravity vs the Girl – Riley Noehren
Green Dragon Codex – Clint Johnson (aka RD Henham)
Haunts Haven – Joan Sowards
Having Hope – Terri Ferran
Heart's Desire – Steven D. Nielsen
Heavenly Surrender, The – Marcia Lynn McClure
Hidden Branch, The – G.G. Vandagriff
Hidden Currents – Christine Feehan
High Country – Jennie Hansen
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford
Hourglass Door, The – Lisa Mangum
How to Stuff a Wild Zucchini – Heather Horrocks
Hunt for Dark Infinity, The – James Dashner
Hush, Hush – Becca Fitzpatrick
Illuminations of the Heart – Joyce DiPastena
Immortal Sins – Amanda Ashley
In the Company of Angels – David Farland
Just One Wish – Janette Rallison
Last Waltz, The – GG Vandagriff
Lemon Tart – Josi S. Kilpack
Leven Thumps & the Ruins of Alder – Overt Skye
Light Above, The – Jean Holbrook Mathews
Lockdown – Traci Hunter Abramson
Maze Runner, The — James Dashner
Methods of Madness – Stephanie Black
Missing Pieces – Jeni Grossman
Missing – Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen
Murder by the Book – Betsy Brannon Green
My Fair Godmother – Janette Rallison
My Fairy Grandmother – Aubrey Mace
Mystic Cipher, The – Dennis Mangrum
Night's Pleasure – Amanda Ashley
No Going Back – Jonathan Langford
On the Jericho Road – K.L. Morgan
One Last Chance – Jerry Borrowman
Phoenix, The: Firestorm - Joseph Allen
Pickup Games – Marcia Mickelson
Previously Engaged – Elodia Strain
Princess and the Bear, The – Mette Ivie Harrison
Princess of the Midnight Ball – Jessica Day George
Princess of the Sword – Lynn Kurland
Pursued – Lynn Gardner
Reiyalindis – Cory Poulson
Return of the Outlaw – Craig Curtis
Rift – Todd Robert Petersen
Right Click – Susan Aylworth
Rise of Zion, The – Chad Daybell
Route, The – Gale Sears
Samaritan Bueno, The – Jack Weyland
Santa Maybe - Aubrey Mace
Saphyre Snow – Marica Lynn McClure
Saving Madeline – Rachel Ann Nunes
Second Chances – Linda Chadwick
Servant of a Dark God – John Brown
Shackles of Honor – Marcia Lynn McClure
Shadow Dragons, The – James A. Owen
Shadow Hunter – Galli & Galli
Shadows of Eden – Timothy F. Bone
Shelter from the Storm – Anita Stansfield
Shudder – Jennie Hansen
Silence of Snow, The – Anita Stansfield
Sister Pact, The – Cami Checketts
Slathbog's Gold – M.L. Forman
Soul Alliance: The Thorn of Gooze – Charles Streams
Taken by Storm – Angela Morrison
Ties That Bind – Kristen McKendry
Till There Was You – Lynn Kurland
Torn Apart – Diony George
Tower of Strength – Annette Lyon
Trail of Storms – Marsha Ward
Tree House, The – Douglas Thayer
Tribunal – Sandra Grey
Trigger – Todd Durrant
Uncut Diamonds – Karen Jones Gowen
Undaunted, The – Gerald N Lund
Under a Lakota Moon – Deborah L. Weikel
Warbreaker – Brandon Sanderson
Winds of Hope – Anita Stansfield
Wings – Aprilynne Pike
Within the Flame – LeeAnne Hanks
Wordsmith 1: The Veil of Heaven – Michael R. Collings
Wordsmith 2: The Thousand Eyes of Flame – Michael R. Collings

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