2011 Genre Finalist Awards

Before I announce the overall 2011 Best Book Cover Winners, here is a recap of the genre finalists and the awards. Authors, publishers and cover designers may download the award image and upload it to your own blogs and/or websites, if desired.

Readers' Choice Genre Winners

(Click on the Genre link to see details about the cover.)

Gifts and Consequences by Daniel Coleman

Genre: General/Women's
   

 The Assassination of Governor Boggs by Rod Miller

Genre: Historical
  

   Bloodborne by  Gregg Luke

Genre: Mystery/Suspense

NYC: Murder Brooklyn Style by Loraine Scott
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Romantic Suspense
  

  The Kissing Tree by Prudence Bice

Genre: Romance
  

Not My Type by Melanie Jacobson

Genre: Romantic Comedy
  

 Embers of Atlantis by Tracy Hickman

Genre: Speculative

 Hope's Journey  by Stephanie Worlton

Genre: YA General 
  

Variant by Robison Wells

Genre: YA Speculative Boys 
  

Wings of Light by  Laura Bingham

 Genre: YA Speculative (Girls)
  

 The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale 

by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright

Genre: Children/Middle Grade General 
  

Janitors by Tyler Whitesides

Genre: Children/Middle Grade  Fantasy

LDS Publisher's Choice Genre Winners

(Click on the Genre link to see details about the cover

& my comments about each cover.)

Gifts and Consequences by Daniel Coleman

Genre: General/Women's
  

The Tomb Builder by E. James Harrison (tie)

The Wise Man Returns by Kenny Kemp (tie) 

Genre: Historical
  

River Whispers  by Kathi Oram Peterson

Genre: Mystery/Suspense

Garden Plot  by  Kristen McKendry 

Genre: Cozy Mystery/Romantic Suspense
  

Sweet Cherry Ray by  Marcia Lynn McClure

Genre: Romance

Bah, Humbug! by  Heather Horrocks

Genre: Romantic Comedy

 Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia

Genre: Speculative

  

Back When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing Smith

Genre: YA General 
   

Crossed by Ally Condie

 Genre: YA Speculative (Girls)
 

Variant by Robison Wells 

Genre: YA Speculative Boys 
   

Wasatch Summer by  Anola Pickett

 Genre: Children/Middle Grade General 
   

Return to Exile by E.J. Patten

 Genre: Children/Middle Grade  Fantasy
   

   
Take the Silver Award if your book was one of the five genre finalists, but is not on the list for Readers' Choice or LDS Publisher's Choice.