2019 PARIS BOOK FESTIVAL HONORS “SHADOW OF THE FALL”


PARIS_A thriller about a nuclear scientist out to a terrorism plot to set off a nuclear device is the grand prize winner of the 2019 Paris Book Festival.

Author Aaron T. Brownell’s Shadow Of The Fall: A Novel (iUniverse) is filled with spies, security threats and impending doom. The only hope is nuclear scientist Kristin Hughes, who has locate and disable a pair of bombs that threaten to change the world if they go off during a G8 Summit. The page-novel is a captivating page turner and well-written thriller that never stops fascinating.

Other winners in the competition:

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

WINNER: Conceivability – Dr. Elizabeth Katkin

RUNNER-UP: A Year Lost, A Life Gained – Suzanne Dalton

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Amsterdam Exposed – David Wienir
  • You Can’t Buy Love Like That – Carol E. Anderson
  • A Year Lost, A Life Gained – Suzanne Dalton
  • Selected Early Creative Works: A Memoir – Donald M. Ferguson
  • Malka’s French Soldier - Herburt Ausubel and Stephanie Ausubel
  • Hatching Charlie – Charles C. McCormack
  • My Time to Shine: The Story of the Fabulous LCB – J. Michael Willard with Glenn Leonard


CHILDREN’S BOOKS

WINNER: Ollie and the Eggs-splosion – Kim Wilson, illustrated by Ashley Belote

RUNNER-UP: Zack Had Our Back – Valerie King

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • The Girl Who Dreamt She Was a Princess – Gloria Burke, illustrated by Kaviella Wijesekera‎ ‎


GENERAL FICTION

WINNER: Shadow of the Fall – Aaron T. Brownell

RUNNER-UP: YAD – Daniel Karpinski, Max Karpinski

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Executive Force – Gary Grossman
  • Pathfinders Passage – Frank B. Mitchell
  • Red Hotel – Gary Grossman and Ed Fuller
  • Viagem Ao Sol – Embla Rhodes
  • Through My Eyes - Lisa Jagmohan
  • Bloody Coffee – Michelle Dim-St. Pierre
  • Fugas E. Luxuria – Embla Rhondes
  • Chaia O Gênio Azul – Romulo Oliveira
  • A Casualty of Indifference – David Selby
  • The Cautioner’s Tale - RM Wilburn
  • Enlightenment – Reno Ursal


PHOTOGRAPHY/ART

WINNER: The Art of the Living Mollusk – Charles Rawlings

RUNNER-UP: Selected Early Creative Works: A Memoir – Donald M. Ferguson


YOUNG ADULT

WINNER: Jurassic Earth: Renegades – Logan T. Stark


POETRY

WINNER: Reverberations – Charles Rawlings

RUNNER-UP: Forgiveness - Chelsea Bunn


SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS

WINNER: Sammy Hero At Age Five – M. Schmidt, Gene D. Donley

RUNNER-UP: In God We Trust – Morally Responsible Investing – George Schwartz


GENERAL NON-FICTION

WINNER: Jubilant Journeys – Connie Spenuzza


WILD CARD

WINNER: You Can’t Buy Love Like That – Carol E. Anderson


HOW-TO:

WINNER: Connect – How To Love And Accept Yourself After Divorce – Dawn Burnett