Whitney Awards Finalists

The Whitneys are an awards program for novels written by LDS authors. Elder Orson F. Whitney, an early apostle in the LDS church, prophesied “We will yet have Miltons and Shakespeares of our own.” It is our hope to be a part of that journey toward excellence by honoring the LDS writers also working toward that goal. Reader's vote for their favorites....

Here are the finalists for 2013
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General

Love Letters of theAngels of Death	*Mile 21	*Road to Bountiful	*Ruby’s Secret	*The House at Rose Creek
Jennifer Quist	Sarah Dunster	Donald Smurthwaite	Heather B. Moore	Jenny Proctor

Historical

*Belonging to Heaven	Esther the Queen	Safe Passage	The Mounds Anomaly	Where the River Once Flowed
Gale Sears	Heather B. Moore	Carla Kelly	Phyllis Gunderson	Jennie Hansen

Romance

*Blackmoore	Hearth Fires	*Longing for Home	*Second Chances	*The Orchard
Julianne Donaldson	Dorothy Keddington	Sarah M. Eden	Melanie Jacobson	Krista Lynne Jensen

Mystery/Suspense

*Rocky Road	*Deep Cover	*I, Spy	*Finding Sheba	*Spy for a Spy
Josi S. Kilpack	Traci Hunter Abramson	Jordan McCollum	Heather B. Moore	Jordan McCollum

Speculative

*Dark Memories	Echo in Time	Heart of the Ocean	*The Witnesses	Winter Queen
Jeffrey S. Savage	C. J. Hill	Heather B. Moore	Stephanie Black	Amber Argyle

Young Adult—Speculative

Friends and Traitors: Slayers 2	Insomnia	Pivot Point	Steelheart	Blackout
C. J. Hill	J. R. Johansson	Kasie West	Brandon Sanderson	Robison Wells

Young Adult—General

All the Truth That’s in Me	Chasing June	Dead Girls Don’t Lie	Going Vintage	The Distance Between Us
Julie Berry	Shannen Crane Camp	Jennifer Shaw Wolf	Lindsey Leavitt	Kasie West

Middle Grade

*Cragbridge Hall:The Inventor’s Secret	RUMP: The True Story of Rumplestilskin	Sky Jumpers	Wednesdays in the Tower	The Runaway King
Chad Morris	Liesel Shurtliff	Peggy Eddleman	Jessica Day George	Jennifer A. Nielsen