2008 LAUREL WREATH AWARD WINNERS

2008 LAUREL WREATH AWARD WINNERS

Short Contemporary	1st - The Sister Switch - Pamela Ford- Harlequin 2nd -His Brother's Gift - Mary J. Forbes - Sillhouette 3rd- Double Dare - Tawny Weber- Harelquin
Long Contemporary	1st - There Goes the Bride - Lori Wilde- Warner 2nd - Learning to Breathe - Karen White - NAL 3rd -Swing - Opal Carew - St. Martin's Griffin
Romantic Suspense	1st - The Suicide Club - Gayle Wilson - Mira 2nd - What's in a Name? - Terry Odell - Cerridwen 3rd - Finding Sarah - Terry Odell - Cerridwen
Historical	1st - Passion for the Game - Sylvia Day - Brava 2nd - My Fair Mistress - Tracy Anne Warren - Ballantine 3rd - His Captive - Diana Cosby - Zebra
Paranormal Time Travel Fantasy	1st - In the Midnight Hour - Patti O' Shea - Tor 2nd - Sex and the Psychic Witch - Annette Blair - Berkley 3rd - In Darkness Reborn - Alexis Morgan - Pocket

Golden Leaf Contest Winners

GOLDEN LEAF Winners for 2008

NOVELLA

"Huntress Moon" (in Elemental Magic)
by Rebecca York

BEST FIRST BOOK

The Dowry Bride
by Shobhan Bantwal


HISTORICAL

Every Night I'm Yours
by Christie Kelley


LONG CONTEMPORARY

Jake's Return
by Liana Laverentz


SHORT CONTEMPORARY

Shaken & Stirred
by Kathleen O'Reilly


PARANORMAL

Wicked Game
by Jeri Smith-Ready


SINGLE TITLE

Phantom in the Night
by Dianna Love

WILLA Award Contest Winners

Contemporary Fiction

What the Thunder Said, Janet Peery, St. Martin's Press (Winner)

Spanish Dagger, Susan Wittig Albert, Berkley Prime Crime/Penguin Group
Deadman's Switch, Barbara Seranella, St. Martin's/Minotaur/Thomas Dunne
Books

Original Softcover Fiction (Trade or Mass Market)

A Tendering in the Storm, Jane Kirkpatrick, WaterBrook Press/Random House
(Winner)

Shallow Grave, Lori G. Armstrong, Medallion Press, Inc.
Lake of Fire, Linda Jacobs, Medallion Press, Inc.

Children's/Young Adult Fiction & Nonfiction

Exiled: From Tragedy to Triumph on the Missouri Frontier, Louise A. Jackson,
Eakin Press (Winner)

Paint the Wind, Pam Munoz Ryan, Scholastic, Inc.
Jeannette Rankin: Political Pioneer, Gretchen Woelfle, BoydsMills Press