London (January 1, 2012) - Rick Robinson’s political thriller “Writ of Mandamus” has been named the grand prize winner of the London Book Festival, which honors the best of international publishing.
Robinson’s fourth novel, which will be published later this year by Headline Books Inc., weaves from Washington, DC to the countryside of Ireland, following Congressman Richard Thompson and the CIA as they chase Middle Eastern conflict and Kentucky horses. Its page-turning prose and intriguing plot makes it an instant classic in Robinson’s series and promises to be optioned for other media.
Winners and honorable mentions in the competition will be honored at a dinner held January 26, 2012 in London.
Headline Books also swept the Non-Fiction Winner's Category with Many Genre's One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction edited by Heidi Ruby Miller and Michael A. Arnzen.
Two of Headline's NASCAR licensed titles also garnered Honorable Mentions: Funny Dan the Race Car Man by Tim Packman for Best Children's Book and Why Wait? by Rob Quillen for Best Spiritual book.
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