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2006 Anthony Award
Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction. It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher; also the inspiration for the Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986. This page details Bouchercon XXXVII and the 21st Anthony Awards ceremony. Bouchercon The convention was held in Madison, Wisconsin on September 28, 2006; running until October 1. The event was chaired by Al Abramson. Special Guests *Lifetime Achievement award — Robert B. Parker *Guest of Honor — M. C. Beaton *American Guest of Honor — Nevada Barr *Fan Guest of Honor — Jim Huang *Toastmaster — William Kent Krueger *Special Guest — Joseph Wambaugh Anthony Awards The following list details the awards distributed at the twenty-first annual Anthony Awards ceremony. Novel award Winner: *William Kent Krueger, '' Mercy Falls'' Shortlist: * Jan Burke, ''Bloodlines'' * Michael Connelly, '' The Lincoln Lawyer'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County, Wisconsin, Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the List of United States cities by population, 80th-largest in the U.S. The city forms the core of the Madison, Wisconsin, metropolitan statistical area, Madison Metropolitan Area which includes Dane County and neighboring Iowa County, Wisconsin, Iowa, Green County, Wisconsin, Green, and Columbia County, Wisconsin, Columbia counties for a population of 680,796. Madison is named for American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and President James Madison. The city is located on the traditional land of the Ho-Chunk, and the Madison area is known as ''Dejope'', meaning "four lakes", or ''Taychopera'', meaning "land of the four lakes", in the Ho-Chunk language. Located on an isthmus and la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lincoln Lawyer
''The Lincoln Lawyer'' is a 2005 novel, the 16th by American crime writer Michael Connelly. It introduces Los Angeles attorney Mickey Haller, half-brother of Connelly's mainstay character Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. It was adapted as a 2011 film of the same name, starring Matthew McConaughey. Plot Moderately successful criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller operates around Los Angeles County out of a Lincoln Town Car (hence the title) driven by a former client working off his legal fees. While most of his clients are drug dealers and gangsters, the story focuses on an unusually important case of wealthy Los Angeles realtor Louis Roulet, accused of assault and attempted murder. At first, he appears to be innocent and set up by the female "victim". Roulet's lies and many surprising revelations change Haller's original case theory. He reconsiders the situation of Jesus Menendez, a former client serving time in San Quentin State Prison after pleading guilty to a similar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libby Fischer Hellmann
Libby Fischer Hellmann is an American crime fiction writer who currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. Most of her novels and stories are set in Chicago; the Chicago Sun-Times notes that she "grew up in Washington, D.C., but she has embraced her adopted home of Chicago with the passion of a convert." Early years Raised in Washington D.C., Hellmann attended the National Cathedral School, followed by the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating with a BA in History, she enrolled in New York University's Graduate Program in Film and Television, earning an MFA in 1972. She worked in television news as an assistant film editor for NBC in New York City, then relocated to D.C. where she joined National Public Affairs Center for Television, the public affairs unit that first paired Robert MacNeil with Jim Lehrer. Among other programs, she worked on the rebroadcast of the Watergate hearings in 1973. Hellmann also spent time at TVN, the news syndication service underwritten by Joseph C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Stories Of Assassins, Hit Men And Hired Guns
Originality is the aspect of created or invented works that distinguish them from reproductions, clones, forgeries, or substantially derivative works. The modern idea of originality is according to some scholars tied to Romanticism, by a notion that is often called romantic originality.Smith (1924)Waterhouse (1926)Macfarlane (2007) The validity of "originality" as an operational concept has been questioned. For example, there is no clear boundary between "derivative" and "inspired by" or "in the tradition of." The concept of originality is both culturally and historically contingent. For example, unattributed reiteration of a published text in one culture might be considered plagiarism but in another culture might be regarded as a convention of veneration. At the time of Shakespeare, it was more common to appreciate the similarity with an admired classical work, and Shakespeare himself avoided "unnecessary invention". Royal Shakespeare Company (2007) ''The RSC Shakespeare - Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Seranella
Barbara Seranella (April 30, 1956 – January 21, 2007) was an American author. Early life Seranella was born in Santa Monica, California and then grew up in Pacific Palisades. She left what could have been an idyllic childhood to run away at 13 to seek adventure. She hitchhiked to San Francisco and joined a hippie commune. While there she learned auto mechanics on the street (she liked to hang out with guys who had cars). Seranella married Walter Haring in spring of 1982. He was the father of Michera Nicole Colella (DOB March 4, 1982). Seranella raised Michera as her own, often picking up the slack where Michera's biological mother's addiction paired with Walt's psychological instability left Seranella to pick up the pieces. Not wanting to create a wedge between two sisters being raised by a single mother with two different fathers, Seranella made the decision to take in Maryann Colella as well and raise her as her own too, just to avoid the confusion of separating the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Huston
Charlie Huston is a novelist and TV writer. His twelve novels span several genres from crime to horror to science fiction. His books have been published in English by Ballentine, Del Rey, Mulholland and Orion, and translated into nine other languages. He adapted his novel The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death for HBO, and his novel Already Dead for HBO Max. He has also written pilots for FX, FOX, Sony and Tomorrow Studios, served as a consulting producer for FOX's ''Gotham'', and worked in several development rooms. He is known for storytelling that focuses on character and relationships in richly detailed worlds that blend genres. Career ''Caught Stealing'', along with ''Six Bad Things'' and Huston's fourth novel, '' A Dangerous Man'', follow the lovable anti-hero, baseball-mad Henry Thompson, as he works his way through mistaken identity, his past, and a new life for himself. He wrote the five volume contemporary vampire noir Joe Pitt Casebooks primarily while livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Guthrie
Allan Guthrie (born Allan Buchan; 5 June 1965) is a Scottish literary agent, author and editor of crime fiction. He was born in Orkney, but has lived in Edinburgh for most of his adult life. His first novel, ''Two-Way Split'', was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award, and it won the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2007. His second novel, '' Kiss Her Goodbye'', was nominated for an Edgar Award, an Anthony Award, and a Gumshoe Award. Guthrie is part of a literary circle that includes Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, and Jason Starr. Guthrie's books are published by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Limited. Novels *''Two-Way Split'' (2004) *''Kiss Her Goodbye'' (2005) *''Hard Man'' (2007) *''Savage Night'' (2008) *''Slammer'' (2009) Novellas *''Kill Clock'' (2007) *''Killing Mum'' (2009) *''Bye Bye Baby'' (2010) Available in ebook format *''Killing Mum'' *''Bye Bye Baby'' and released in ebook format in Summer 2011 *''Two-Way Split'' Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The James Deans
The James Deans is a book written by Reed Farrel Coleman and published by Plume on 25 January 2005, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 2006. The mystery novel follows the life of the fictional character, Moe Prager, a former NYPD cop turned P.I., as he is forced to uncover the truth regarding the unsolved case of a missing female intern. References Anthony Award-winning works American mystery novels 2005 American novels {{2000s-mystery-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reed Farrel Coleman
Reed Farrel Coleman (born March 29, 1956) is an American writer of crime fiction and a poet. Life and career Reed Farrel Coleman, the youngest of three boys, was born and raised in the Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island, Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn. As a teenager, while walking to work, he heard a shot and saw a man lying in the street with a fatal stomach wound. That is when he realized, "People really do get hurt." He started writing in high school. He has worked at an ice cream store, in air freight at Kennedy Airport, as a car leasing agent, in baby food sales, cooking at a restaurant, as a cab driver, and delivering home heating oil. Coleman met his wife Rosanne at The New School in a writing class. They have two children, Kaitlin and Dylan. He now lives on Long Island. Coleman did not consider making writing a career until taking a Brooklyn College detective fiction class. He is a multiple award-winning author, particularly his Moe Prager series. Also published are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Schwegel
Theresa Schwegel (born July 20, 1975) is an American writer of crime fiction. She won the Edgar Award for best first novel from the Mystery Writers of America for ''Officer Down'' in 2006. Library Journal, 4/28/2006. Retrieved on 09-30-2010. In 2008, she received the Chicago Public Library Foundation's 21st Century Award for achievement in writing by an author with ties to . Press Release. "Tom Wolfe Awarded 2008 Carl Sandburg Literary Award. Chicago Mystery Writer Theresa Schwegel Selected as 21st Century Honoree". Chicago Public Librar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Freeman (psychological Suspense Author)
Brian Freeman (born March 28, 1963) is an author of psychological suspense novels featuring Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial, and series featuring Cab Bolton and Frost Easton. He has also written novels in the Jason Bourne series after Robert Ludlum and Eric Van Lustbader. In April 2021, Freeman sold the rights to his novel, “Infinite” to Universal Pictures Biography Brian Freeman was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Carleton College where he graduated in 1984 with magna cum laude in English. Before becoming an author, Brian Freeman was a director of marketing and public relations at the international law firm of Faegre & Benson. He debuted in 2005 with his novel, ''Immoral'', which won the Macavity Award The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the " mystery cat" of T. S. Eliot's ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats''. ... for Best First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilt-a-Whirl (novel)
Tilt-a-Whirl is a book written by Chris Grabenstein and published by Carroll & Graf on 20 September 2005, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best First Mystery in 2006. References Anthony Award-winning works American mystery novels 2005 American novels Carroll & Graf books {{2000s-mystery-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
