The Christy Awards, established in 1999, are awarded each year to recognize fiction of excellence written from a Christian perspective with matters of faith at its core. Awards are given in nine categories, including romance, suspense, visionary, contemporary (stand-alone novels and series), and historical. In addition, an award is given for first novel and young adult.
8-521: The Christy Awards are named in honor of Catherine Marshall and her novel Christy , and are intended to nurture and encourage the writing and publishing of fiction written from a Christian worldview and showcase the breadth and depth of fiction available. In 2017, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), an international non-profit trade organization, assumed ownership and administration of
16-515: A Prince , and Amanda Cox won Book of the Year and first place in the general fiction category for The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery . Cox had previously won the 2021 Book of the Year award for her novel The Edge of Belonging. In 2022, Becky Wade was inducted into the Christy Hall of Fame for winning four or more Christy awards. In 2018, Becky Wade had won Book of the Year and first place in
24-422: A nationwide success and was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 1955. Her success encouraged her to keep writing. Marshall wrote or edited more than 30 books, which have sold over 16 million copies. They include edited collections of Peter Marshall's sermons and prayers, and her own inspirational writings. Her most successful books were A Man Called Peter (1951); and her novel, Christy (1967), which
32-523: The United States Senate . In 1940, Marshall contracted tuberculosis , for which at that time no antibiotic treatment was available. She spent nearly three years recovering from the illness. Her husband died in 1949 of a heart attack , leaving her to care for their nine-year-old son, Peter John Marshall. He later also became a minister and author. Marshall wrote a biography of her husband, A Man Called Peter , published in 1951. It became
40-556: The age of nine until her graduation from high school, Marshall was raised in Keyser, West Virginia , where her father served as pastor of a Presbyterian church from 1924 to 1942. While a junior at Agnes Scott College , she met Peter Marshall , marrying him in 1936. The couple moved to Washington, D.C. , where her husband served as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Chaplain of
48-527: The award. Winners are chosen by industry insiders, including reviewers, editors, bookstore owners, and book buyers. In 2021, the Own Voice Award was added for Christian fiction writers of color who draw on their experience as people of color in their writing. At the 2022 Christy Awards, Toni Shiloh won the Amplify Award, a new award to honor underrepresented ethnic stories, for In Search of
56-593: The contemporary romance category for her novel True to You . Catherine Marshall Catherine Sarah Wood Marshall LeSourd (September 27, 1914 – March 18, 1983) was an American author of nonfiction, inspirational, and fiction works. She was the wife of well-known minister Peter Marshall. Marshall was born in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1914. She was the daughter of the Reverend John Ambrose Wood and Leonora Whitaker Wood. From
64-471: Was inspired by the story of her mother's time in the mountains teaching the impoverished children of Appalachia . Christy was adapted as a CBS television series , starring Kellie Martin , beginning in 1994. In 1959, Marshall married Leonard LeSourd, who was the editor of Guideposts Magazine for 28 years. Together they founded a book imprint, Chosen Books. Marshall had three stepchildren, Linda, Chester and Jeffery. Marshall died of heart failure at
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