2013 Independent Author of the Year, Rick Robinson, has thirty years experience in politics and law, including a stint on Capitol Hill as Legislative Director/Chief Counsel to then-Congressman Jim Bunning (R-KY). He has been active in all levels of politics, from advising candidates on the national level to walking door-to-door in city council races. He ran for the United States Congress in 1998.
Rick has authored four award-winning political thrillers and an Amazon #1 top seller collection of political commentary. His third novel, Manifest Destiny, was named Best Fiction at the Paris and New York Book Festivals. In 2010, Manifest Destiny was honored as the Independent Book of the Year and Writ of Mandamus was the Grand Prize Winner at the London Book Festival.
Rick's latest title, Alligator Alley, leaves the thriller aspect behind. This contemporary fiction novel won the grand prize at the Great Southeast Book Festival in 2013
All of Rick's books are regulars on Amazon's Top 100 Best Seller List.
Robinson is a contributor for the Daily Caller, Kentucky Forward, One New England and Northern Kentucky Magazine.
A graduate of Eastern Kentucky University and Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Rick currently practices law in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky as a partner with the law firm of Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP. Rick, and his wife Linda, live in Ft. Mitchell with their three children, Josh, Zach and MacKenzie.
