PARIS BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES “OPPOSITION RESEARCH” FOR TOP HONORS

PARIS_ The 2020 Paris Book Festival has named a fast-paced political novel as the winner of its annual competition honoring the best of international publishing.

Author Rick Robinson’s Opposition Research (Headline Books) explores politics' dirty little secret. Digging up buried skeletons can bring an opponent's campaign to a dead standstill. Former United States Senator Richard Thompson just can't get politics out of his blood. Following his last stint on Capitol Hill, Thompson and his close circle of friends are embarking on a new endeavor -- running a consulting firm that specializes in opposition research.

But when their digging uncovers lethal information, it places Thompson and his crew on a dangerous ride spanning from Little Italy to California and back to the nation's capital. In between, winning or losing a campaign becomes overshadowed by life and death itself.

Other winners in the competition:

GENERAL FICTION

WINNER: Opposition Research - Rick Robinson

RUNNER-UP: Bread Bags & Bullies – Steven H. Manchester

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Wolf – Herbet J. Stern/Allen A. Winter
• Miss Lucy – William Orem
• Seat 24H – Rosemary Rudland
• Shadow Box – Elizabeth Cooke
• Vestal Virgin: Chosen For Rome – Katherine Spada Ba
• The Legend of See Bird – Karl L. Stewart
• The Darkness – Robbi Sommers Bryant
• The Slave Players – Megan Allen
• El Plan: ¿Sharmuta yo? – Eliana Habalian
• The National Memorial – John Barth
• Seeking Our Humanity – Claudia Helt
• Enough – C.D. Tony Hylton

WILD CARD

WINNER: Wolf – Herbet J. Stern/Allen A. Winter

RUNNER-UP: Mind The Gap – George Tombs

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Intentional Spirits – Bonnie Meroth
• The Slave Players – Megan Allen
• The Meat Hunter – Megan Allen

GENERAL NON-FICTION

WINNER: A Grand Madness – Dianne Ebertt Beeaff

RUNNER-UP: Pursuing A Better Tomorrow – Blanca De La Rosa

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• En busca de un Mañana Mejor – Blanca De La Rosa
• Unlikely Heroes of All Sorts – David Ritchey

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY

WINNER: Trove: A Woman’s Search…- Sandra A. Miller

RUNNER-UP: The Immigrants – Herbert Ausbel

HOW-TO

WINNER: ParentShift: – Wendy Thomas Russell, Linda….

COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES

WINNER: This Moment: Bold Moments from WriteGirl

RUNNER-UP: The Vast Venus Conspiracy – Raymond A. Keller

HONORABLE MENTION:

• Anthropocene – Dean Gessie

POETRY

WINNER: The Tearing Apart – Luisa Kolker

RUNNER-UP: Con Pasión y Sin Miedo – Eliana Habalian

HONORABLE MENTION:

• Blu Diamonds – Kevin Hollingsworth

YOUNG ADULT

WINNER: Persianality – Michael Benzehabe

RUNNER-UP: The Redemption - Lauren Hudson

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Fly, Fly Away - Pamela Bauer Mueller
• Everything All At Once – Ivy Caden
• Praise Petals – Lisa A. McCombs

PHOTOGRAPHY/ART

WINNER: The Undersea Art of Indonesia – Charles Rawlings, ME CMAS Lobbu, Leah Perez

RUNNER-UP: Art & Creaky Bones – Sheila Reid

HONORABLE MENTION:

• The Strait And Narrow – Jane Tuckerman

TRAVEL

WINNER: Café’ French: A Flaneur’s Guide – L. John Harris

RUNNER-UP: Travels with Hafa – Nathan Pettijohn

SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS

WINNER: Vestal Virgin: Chosen For Rome – Katherine Spada Basto

RUNNER-UP: What’s So Special About Today? – Kelsey Clark

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

WINNER: Welcome To Chuckle Giggle Nu – Keith Johnson

RUNNER-UP: Four Bears In A Box – Dreama Denver

UNPUBLISHED

WINNER: Bite The Ankle - Teresa Brady