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PARIS BOOK FESTIVAL FINDS “INTRIGUE AT A SMALL HOTEL” FOR
TOP HONORS
PARIS_ The sixth book in a series about a fictional hotel is the grand prize
winner of the 2016 Park Book Festival, which honors
Elizabeth Cooke’s “Intrigue at a Small Hotel” (Abbott Press) is part of an
ongoing series of tales surrounding the fictional Hotel Marcel, located near the
Eiffel Tower in France.
The book continues the adventures of Elizabeth, an
American widow in her 60s, whose encounters always bring her back to the lodging
of which she is so fond. Cooke knows the city well, as a graduate of the
Sorbonne, and she brings Paris and its many characters to vivid life in her
work.
Cooke and other winners, runner-ups and honorable mentions will be honored at a
private dinner in Paris on June 2.
Other winners in the competition:
WILD CARD
WINNER: “Tweeting Da Vinci” – Ann C. Pizzorusso
RUNNER-UP: “The Lobby” – Randi M. Sherman
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- “Two Matadors” – Marcus McGee
- “The Zoo Chronicles” – Ann Spier
- “Your Astrological Compass” – Alice Loffredo
- “The Hostess” – Michelle F. Santos
- “Operation Daughters Addicted” – Sandy Mullen/Cathy Napier
GENERAL FICTION
WINNER:
“Intrigue at a Small Hotel” – Elizabeth Cooke
RUNNER-UP: “The Changing Season” – Steven Manchester
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- “Old Earth” – Gary Grossman
- “Tzippy, the Thief” – Patricia Rohner
- “The Advance Man” – Rick Robinson
- “The Chrysalis of OC” – Peter Wright
- “Please Hold” – Tricia Stewart Shiu
- “Holy War” – Mike Bond
- “Windward Grace” – Nicole Higgins
- “The Woman Who Tasted Death” – D.G. Wood
- “Primal Sympathy” – Dee Silverstein
- “Shrink Wrapped” – David Liebert
- “The Ladders of Death” – Philippe Erhard
- “How to Game People Without Even Trying” – Elizabeth Cooke
- “The Sparks Fly Upward” – Jon Correll
- “Mash Up” – Joe Klingler
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“A Secret Muse (Book 1)” – Mandy Jackson-Beverly
- “Treasure” – Vanessa Leigh Hoffman
- “Beleagured Truth” – William Messenger
- “Hook, Line & Sinker” – J.T. Twerell
- “Forbidden Child III: Exposed” – James Aiello
- “Preying Mantis” – Lyn Thomas
- “A Cup of Redemption” – Carole Bumpus
- “Creole Moon: The Betrayal” – Suzon Holmes
- “Four Ways to Pharaoh Khufu” – Alexander Marmer
- “Blind Persuasion” – Linda Riesenberg Fisler
- “Paris Lamb” – Marcia Fine
- “Man’s Best Friend” – Taylor A. Davis
- “Jet Trails: Looking for Blue Skies” – M.H. Sullivan
- “A Crowded Heart” – Andrea McKenzie Raine
- “Almost India” – Cindy Lewis
- “Tikli and Laxmi Bomb” – Aditya Kripalani
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
WINNER: Gozo: Is the Grass Greener? – Freya Barrington
RUNNER-UP: Managing Bubbie – Russel Lazega
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- “A Connisseur’s Journey” – Dr. Jeffrey Ladd Lant
- “The Sibold Effect” – J.D. Miller
- “Green Apple Red Book” – Rebecca Li-Huang
GENERAL NON-FICTION
WINNER: “New Money: Staying Rich” – Phillip Buchanon
RUNNER-UP: “Tessarae: A Memoir of Two Summers” – Mathias B. Freese
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- “Known to Social Services” – Freya Barrington
- “Wandering in Cornwall” – Joanna Biggar/Linda Watanabe
McFerrin
- “Gap Year Girl” – Marianne C. Bohr
- “Human Behavior in Extreme Situations” – Robert Koff
- “Anglais pour touristes et debutant” – Dr. Israel Palchan
- “Skinfolk: Gamblers on the Green” – Richard M. Younker
- “Parents in Highschooland” – Karyn Rashoff
- “Pyramidal Mystique” – David Ritchey
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“A Middle Class Dream – Coast to Coast” – Kamlesh Thakur
COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES
WINNER: “Nevermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery & the Macbre” – edited by Nancy
Kilpatrick/Caro Soles
RUNNER-UP: “Ars Moriendi” – edited by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingde
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- “That Time of the Month” – Melanie Vare
- “Signs of Passing” – Owen Thomas
SPIRITUAL
WINNER: “Why is the Dalai Lama Always Smiling?” - Lama Tsomo
RUNNER-UP: “The Grass is Greener Right Here” – David Ault
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- “The Yoga of Relationships” – Yogi Amrit Desai/edited by Lila Ivey
- “The Galilean”- Dennis Lee Siluk
- “Motherless” – Gabriel Horn
- “Calling You” – Dr. Beatrix Czeizel/Aniko Gresko
- “Philosophy of Fearism” – Limbu Desh Bahadur
- “The Eagle Connection” – Karel Hlobil
- “You Don’t Die – You Just Change Channels!” – Chuck Swartwout
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“Jerome & His Women” – Joan O’Hagan
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
WINNER: “The Reading Promise” – Troy Kent
RUNNER-UP: “Don’t Play with Your Food” – Giddy Gragert
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- “Have You Filled a Bucket Today? 10th Anniversary Edition” – Carol
McCloud/David Messing
- “The Other Side of Christmas” – Beth Gully
- “The Ship Captain’s Tale” – V.A. Boeholt
- “Curio, a Shetland Sheepdog Meets the Cat” – Jeanette A. Griver
- “Dotty and the Calendar House Key” – Emma Warner-Reed
- “Baxter’s Busy Day” – Donna Roberts
BUSINESS
WINNER: “Inflection Point” – Traci Medford Rosow
RUNNER-UP: “Letters to My Child’s Guardian” – Virginia C. Antipolo-Utt
COOKBOOKS
WINNER: “A Spicy Touch: Family Favourites from Noorbanu Nimji’s Kitchen” –
Noorbanu Nimji/Karen Anderson
RUNNER-UP: “Opulencia: Artisan Baking and Sugarcraft” – Elizabeth Solaru
HONORABLE MENTION:
- “Southern Seasons” – Linda J. Hawkins
YOUNG ADULT
WINNER: “Imperfect” – Claire Fraise
RUNNER-UP: “Oiseau the King Catcher” – Jesse Byrd
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
POETRY
WINNER: “Girl Friend & Other Mysteries of Love” – Charles P. Ries
RUNNER-UP: Reverberations” – Charles Rawlings
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
PHOTOGRAPHY/ART
WINNER: “Living Mollusks” – Charles Rawlings
HOW-TO
WINNER: “Be Your Own Brand of Sexy” – Susan Edelman, MD
RUNNER-UP: “I Have MS. What’s Your Super Power?” – Lisa A. McCombs
HONORABLE MENTION:
- “Dynamite Resume” – Suzon Holmes
TRAVEL
WINNER: “Wings: Gifts of Art, Life and Travel in France” – Erin Byrne
RUNNER-UP: “Good Morning Diego Garcia” – Susan Joyce
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- “Walking to Woot” – Jackie Chase
- “Hebreu Manuel de conversation pour apprendre a parlier” – Dr. Israel
Palchan
UNPUBLISHED STORIES
WINNER: “Innocent Crook” – D.E. Rogers
RUNNER-UP: “Turkey Day Trauma” – E.J. Chadwell
HONORABLE MENTION:
- "Hop on the Next" - Rosemary Rudland
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