Bouchercon is an annual
convention of creators and devotees of
mystery and
detective fiction
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an criminal investigation, investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around ...
. It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editor
Anthony Boucher; also the inspiration for the
Anthony Awards
The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America.
Categori ...
, which have been issued at the convention since 1986. This page details Bouchercon XVIII and the 2nd Anthony Awards ceremony.
Bouchercon
The convention was held in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...
on October 9, 1987; running for two days until the 11th. The event was chaired by authors Steven A. Stilwell and Becky A. Reineke.
Special Guests
*Guest of Honor —
Lawrence Block
*Fan Guest of Honor —
John Nieminski (posthumously)
*Toastmasters —
Mary S. Craig &
Max Allan Collins
Anthony Awards
The following list details the awards distributed at the second annual Anthony Awards ceremony.
Novel award
Winner:
*
Sue Grafton
Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ('' "A" Is for Alibi'', etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the ...
, ''
"C" is for Corpse''
Shortlist:
*
Lawrence Block, ''
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes''
*
John Lutz, ''Tropical Heat''
*
Nancy Pickard, ''No Body''
*
Jonathan Valin, ''Life's Work''
First novel award
Winner:
*
Bill Crider, ''
Too Late to Die''
Shortlist:
*Joan Hess, ''Strangled Prose''
*
Faye Kellerman, ''The Ritual Bath''
*Joseph Koenig, ''Floater''
*
Mike Lupica
Michael Lupica (; born May 11, 1952) is an author and former American newspaper columnist, best known for his provocative commentary on sports in the ''New York Daily News'' and his appearances on ESPN.
Biography
Lupica was born in Oneida, ...
, ''Dead Air''
Paperback original award
Winner:
*
Robert Wright Campbell, ''
The Junkyard Dog''
Shortlist:
*
Lilian Jackson Braun, ''
The Cat Who Saw Red''
*
J.A. Jance, ''Trial By Fury''
*Rob Kantner, ''The Back-Door Man''
*
Warren Murphy, ''Trace: Too Old a Cat''
Short story award
Winner:
*
Sue Grafton
Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ('' "A" Is for Alibi'', etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the ...
, "The Parker Shotgun", from ''Mean streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology''
Shortlist:
*Wayne D. Dundee, "Body Count", from ''Mean streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology''
*Clark Howard, "Scalplock", from ''
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' July 1986
References
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Anthony Awards
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1987 in Minnesota