2023 PARIS BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES “YOU WILL BE PETER” FOR TOP HONORS

PARIS_ A novel approach to a biblical tale is the winner of the 2023 Paris Book Festival, which honors the best of international publishing.

Authors Jerry Lathan and Steven Manchester’s You Will Be Peter is a historical biographical novel. The spiritual yet modern work captures the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ through the eyes of Simon Peter, the Everyman who started a movement that lasts two thousand years.

The story reads like a gripping, page-turning novel and illuminates an oft-told tale in a unique way.

Other winners in the competition:

POETRY:

WINNER: Turbulence & Fluids - karla k. morton

RUNNERS-UP:

An Imaginary Affair - Diana Raab

En Aras del Tiempo - Issamary Simmons Benavides

Words in Passing - E.M. Schorb

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Sonnets of Love and Joy - Paul Buchheit
  • The Journey/Poems of Salvation - Regina Marie Blaylock
  • Tin Heartless Girl - Lebi P. Nieves Morán


GENERAL NON-FICTION:

WINNER: The Fun Habit - Mike Rucker

RUNNERS-UP:

  • The Rise of Napa Valley Wineries - Dr. Mark Gudgel
  • Life, I Swear - Chloe Louvouezo
  • The Empowerment Solution - Friedmann Schaub

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • The Financial Mindset Fix - Joyce Marter
  • What the Fun? - Donna Bozzo
  • The Stress Book - D. Terrence Foster, MD
  • The Startup Visa - Tahmina Watson
  • Eight Billion Reasons Population Matters - Valorie M. Allen
  • The Inward Outlook - Laura Basha, PhD
  • Wandering in Japan - Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Laurie McAndish King
  • Never Stop Singing to Me - C. Linden Thorp
  • The World is Your Studio - Deborah McMahon Osterholtz



MEMOIR:

WINNER: How I Lost My Kidneys in China - Randall Flores

RUNNERS-UP:

  • Destiny Lives on Fairhaven Street - C.J. Hudson
  • A Letter - Elizabeth Cooke
  • A Parthenon on Our Roof - Peter Barber
  • Dream in a Suitcase - Domnica Radulescu


HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • My Unexpected Life - Martina Clark
  • The Matador and the Mustang - J.C. Burkesmith
  • How I Think I Should Be is B***S*** - Eileen Marder-Mirman
  • Living While Human - Arwinder Kaur
  • Untethered - Laura Whitfield
  • Jigsaw Puzzle in a Vortex - Aurora M. Lewis
  • Where the Lilacs Bloom Once Again - Roni Rosenthal
  • Spirit of a Hummingbird - Felicia Thai Heath
  • The Girl Who Taught Herself to Fly - Kwan Kew Lai
  • The Silk Factory - Michael Hickins
  • Raging Currents - Nanette Davis
  • Fever of Unknown Origin - Judith Ford
  • Blast Radius - Ally Brown
  • A Diary to My Babies - Carmen Grover


CHILDREN’S BOOKS:

WINNER: The Battle of the Blueberry Muffin - Cynthia Van Heyde/Lila Ivey

RUNNERS-UP:

  • Finn Finds the Mooster - Jacqueline Winnell/Chloe Longden
  • Safe Travels for Squirrels - Maxime Bonneau
  • Grandma’s House is Haunted - Stephen G. Bowling
  • Mommy’s Blue Stilettos - Missy Brickman

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Bailey Speaks! - Mary Calvert
  • Bentley’s Fantabulous Idea - Miki Taylor
  • Roosevelt Banks and the Attic of Doom - Laurie Calkhoven
  • Wild Thing and the Bagel - Erin L. Neal
  • Digger the Colony Worker Ant - Christian Kueng
  • Back to the Beach - Dreama Denver
  • KAZI - J.K. Pinsel
  • Barry the Brave - Joshua Swank
  • Bobbin and the Magic Thief - Kat Farrow
  • Apple and Grape, Vol. 1 and 2 - Chaz
  • Five and Ten - E.M. Schorb
  • Trotter and the Twins - Tomas Perez-Zafon
  • Kita’s Dance with Dust - Vennessa Scholtz
  • Jocelyn Learns to Dance - Jocelyn E. Cox
  • WrestleDreamia - Daniel Boyd
  • Campos de Verano - Maria Luisa Barrera


YOUNG ADULT:

WINNER: Seaside Magic! - Vianlix-Christine Schneider

RUNNERS-UP:

  • The Clockwork Pen - Jennifer Haskin
  • Mission Possible - Dr. Juan Phillip Chisholm

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • A Place for Meg - Amy J. Webber
  • Isle of Shadows - Don Stansberry
  • May I Sit At Your Table? - Grace Wolf


SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS:

WINNER: You Will Be Peter - Jerry Lathan & Steven Manchester

RUNNER-UP:

Holy Parrot - Angel A

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Something We Never Imagined - Douglas Wemple
  • The Unopened Present - Richard V. Battle


GENERAL FICTION:

WINNER: Forest for the Trees - Mathieu Cailler

RUNNERS-UP:

  • Josephine Baker’s Last Dance - Sherry Jones
  • Kyra - Stefan Scheuermann
  • Darwin - Dell Brand
  • The Bookseller’s Daughter - Steve Burt

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Eleonora and Joseph Julieta Almeida Rodrigues, Ph.D
  • Protect the Queen - Steve Burt
  • The Last Invention - Diane Lilli
  • Red Chaos - Gary Grossman & Ed Fuller
  • Pacifica - Richard C. Deason
  • The Islander - David W. Berner
  • Alejandro’s Lie - Bob Van Laerhoven
  • The Amazon of Ray Goldberg Rivera - Dennis Torres
  • No Other Name - Robert Beatty
  • Dead Ending - Stephen G. Yanoff
  • Rivers on Fire - Paul Buchheit
  • The Persian Glories - Susan Wakeford Angard
  • Last Will & Puzzlement - Melissa Nordhogg
  • Sisters of the Soul - Kristin A. Fulton
  • MATCH: A Medical Murder Mystery - Amy S. Peele
  • The Collector’s Protege - Glenn Rehder
  • Nad of Nadide - Wagih Abu-Rish
  • Life Between Seconds - Douglas Weissman
  • Shelter in a Hostile World - Mack Little
  • Baja Silver - Timothy Brown
  • The Bitter End: A Love Story - Elise Lapham
  • Love Again, Love for Them - R. A. Lee
  • L’Ami Ukanien - Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
  • Kurt - Hristina Bloomfield
  • Dear Prudence - Karen Janowsky
  • The Invisible Hand: A Pareto Sisters Mystery - Paul Eric Klein
  • No Gates with God - Harley Carnes
  • Deeply in the Soul - Hristina Bloomfield
  • Botheration - Vito DiBarone
  • The Soul Machines - Alexandru Czimbor
  • Fool, Anticipation - Robert Polakoski
  • A Hard Decision - Westley Thomas
  • Captured by Their Past - Miguel Arrufat Millan
  • Broken Chains - Donald Thomas


UNPUBLISHED:

WINNER: My Place Among Them - J.Stanion

RUNNER-UP:

I Want To Play College Golf - Angelina & Cameron Huang

HONORABLE MENTION:

  • Wow Shanshan - Qingguo Ren


BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY:

WINNER: Maria Tunicka, Conductor - James Aiello, Maria Tunicka

RUNNERS-UP:

  • A Bridge Not Too Far - Deepak Ohri
  • Genesis of a Genre - Joe Markko
  • Are You A N***** or a Doctor? - Otto E. Stallworth J. MD MBA

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Emerging From The Dark - Terence Ang
  • In the Time of Madmen - Mark A. Prelas
  • Chronic Pain: My Journey - Don S. Hunter

HOW-TO:

WINNER: The Fun Habit - Mike Rucker

RUNNERS-UP:

  • A Path to Excellence - Tony Jeton Selimi
  • Rise of the Warrior Leader - Claudio Chiste
  • A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste - Kelly Sullivan Walden

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • The Stress Book - D. Terrence Foster, MD
  • Owning Your Destiny - Duncan McLauren


WILD CARD:

WINNER: Naked Came The Detective - Glendall C. Jackson III

RUNNERS-UP:

  • imPerfect Magic - C.N. Rowan
  • Grandma the Barbarian - Trinity Zook
  • A Letter - Elizabeth Cooke

HONORABLE MENTIONS:


TRAVEL:

WINNER: Delaware Before The Railroads - Dave Tabler

RUNNER-UP:

Peaches and Jake Celebrate Christmas - Paula Bailey


COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES:

WINNER: ESPN: One Giant Leap for FANkind - Bill Rasmussen

RUNNER-UP:

Vengefully Yours - Jennifer Black

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Tres Generaciones - Maria Luisa Barrera
  • Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists - Adoption Truth & Transparency Worldwide Network


BUSINESS:

WINNER: A Bridge Not To Far - Deepak Ohri

RUNNER-UP:

Business Marketing & Strategy for the Proactive Performer - Kimberly Faye Greenberg


PHOTOGRAPHY/ART:

WINNER: Curves and Angles - Charles Rawlings