2011 Finalists

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General

Before I Say Goodbye	Gifted	The Evolution of Thomas Hall	The Walk: Miles To Go	The Wedding Letters
Rachel Ann Nunes	Karey White*	Kieth Merrill	Richard Paul Evans	Jason F. Wright

Historical

Daughter of Helaman	Fires of Jerusalem	Isabelle Webb: The Pharaoh’s Daughter	Letters in the Jade Dragon Box	Miss Delacourt Has Her Day
Misty Moncur*	Marilyn Brown	N.C. Allen	Gale Sears	Heidi Ashworth

Romance

Borrowed Light	Captive Heart	Count Down to Love	Not My Type	The List
Carla Kelly	Michele Paige Holmes	Julie N. Ford	Melanie Jacobson	Melanie Jacobson*

Mystery/Suspense

Acceptable Loss	Bloodborne	If I Should Die	Rearview Mirror	Smokescreen
Anne Perry	Gregg Luke	Jennie Hansen	Stephanie Black	Traci Hunter Abramson

Speculative

A Night of Blacker Darkness	I Don’t Want to Kill You	No Angel	The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel	The Lost Gate
Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Theresa Sneed*	Brandon Sanderson	Orson Scott Card

Youth Fiction—Speculative

My Unfair Godmother	Shifting	Slayers	Tuesdays at the Castle	Variant
Janette Rallison	Bethany Wiggins*	C.J. Hill	Jessica Day George	Robison Wells

Youth Fiction—General

Girls Don’t Fly	Miles From Ordinary	Pride & Popularity	Sean Griswold’s Head	With a Name Like Love
Kristen Chandler	Carol Lynch Williams	Jenni James	Lindsey Leavitt	Tess Hilmo*

Of these finalists, the following titles are also eligible for Best Novel by New Author 2011:

• Daughter of Helaman by Misty Moncur
• Gifted by Karey White
• No Angel by Theresa Sneed
• Shifting by Bethany Wiggins
• The List by Melanie Jacobson
• With a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo

All finalists are eligible for Best Novel of the Year

Academy Members have until April 23rd to read the finalists in whatever categories they want to vote in. For information on how to join the Academy, click HERE