Heresy Press acquires K. Riva Levinson's memoir on Washington lobbying and Cold War geopolitics

Heresy Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, has acquired K. Riva Levinson’s second memoir, Misadventures on K Street, for publication on Feb. 16, 2027. The book traces Levinson’s decade inside Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly and frames the work as a prequel to her earlier memoir, Choosing the Hero.

Why it matters: - Misadventures on K Street adds a memoirist’s account of how Washington lobbying, foreign influence and Cold War politics intersected in the 1980s and early 1990s. - The book revisits a period that helped shape modern lobbying and offers a first-person view of the ethical and geopolitical fallout. - The release extends K. Riva Levinson’s public profile beyond her first memoir, Choosing the Hero.

What happened: - Heresy Press acquired Misadventures on K Street: My Decade with the Architects of Modern Political Scandal, the second memoir by K. Riva Levinson. - The book is scheduled for publication on Feb. 16, 2027. - Levinson is the CEO of KRL International. - Heresy Press is an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing. - Levinson described the book to Bloomberg Government as a prequel to Choosing the Hero and called it the origin story of lobbying today.

The details: - The memoir covers Levinson’s decade at the Washington lobbying firm Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly, from its rise in 1985 to its closure 10 years later. - Levinson was 24 and the only woman in the room at the firm. - The firm operated like a privatized, rogue Department of State, according to the book’s framing. - The narrative follows Levinson from Washington boardrooms and back channels to hostile environments overseas. - The book includes original archival details about campaigns the firm ran for controversial international clients. - Levinson recounts missions spanning Angola, South Africa, Somalia, Pakistan, India, Kashmir, Nicaragua and Sri Lanka. - The memoir examines ethical compromises, covert operations and political theater tied to U.S. foreign policy. - The book also revisits friends and colleagues whose lives were cut short by the human cost of high-stakes geopolitics. - Misadventures on K Street is available for pre-order now. - Levinson’s first memoir, Choosing the Hero, followed her work advising Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first democratically elected woman president. - Choosing the Hero is being republished for its 10th anniversary this year. - The company provided a media contact for inquiries, interview requests and author review copies: Sedinam Asase at sedinam@krlinternational.com and Jane Wesman at jane@wesmanpr.com.

Between the lines: - The acquisition signals continued publisher interest in insider accounts of lobbying, power and U.S. foreign policy. - Levinson’s positioning of the book as both a personal origin story and a history of modern lobbying broadens its appeal beyond a standard memoir. - Early praise from politicians, journalists and diplomats suggests the book is being marketed as both a political narrative and a legacy account. - The source material emphasizes moral ambiguity and danger, which suggests the memoir is meant to read as both history and cautionary tale.

What's next: - Misadventures on K Street will move toward its Feb. 16, 2027 publication date. - Pre-orders are already open. - Levinson and the publisher are likely to continue promoting the memoir through interviews and advance review copies. - More information is available on K. Riva Levinson’s website, with additional social links listed for LinkedIn, Facebook, X and KRL International.

The bottom line: - Heresy Press is betting that Levinson’s inside view of K Street, Cold War politics and overseas political risk will resonate as both memoir and political history.