Bouchercon Bouchercon, the Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention, 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, and pronounced the w ...

is an annual convention of creators and devotees of

mystery Mystery, The Mystery, Mysteries or The Mysteries may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters *Mystery, a cat character in ''Emily the Strange'' *Mystery, a seahorse that SpongeBob SquarePants adopts in the episode " My Pre ...

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 William Anthony Parker White (August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968), better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher (), was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio dr ...

; 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 XXI and the 5th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in

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on September 21, 1990; running until the 23rd. The event was chaired by Marion & Robin Richmond, owners of Scottish book-store Ming Books, known for having the largest stock of crime fiction in the UK.

Special Guests

*Lifetime Achievement award —

Michael Gilbert Michael Francis Gilbert (17 July 1912 – 8 February 2006) was an English solicitor and author of crime fiction. Early life and education Gilbert was born on 17 July 1912 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England, to Bernard Samuel Gilbert, a writ ...

*Guest of Honor — P.D. James *Fan Guest of Honor —

Robert Adey The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

*Toastmaster —

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 ...

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the fifth annual Anthony Awards ceremony.

Novel award

Winner: *

Sarah Caudwell Sarah Cockburn (27 May 1939 – 28 January 2000), who wrote under the pseudonym of Sarah Caudwell, was a British barrister and author of detective stories. Her series of four murder stories written between 1980 and 1999 centered on a group of y ...

, '' The Sirens Sang of Murder'' Shortlist: *Susan Dunlap, ''Pious Deception'' *

Carolyn G. Hart Carolyn Hart (also known as Carolyn G. Hart) is an American mystery and suspense writer. She is the author of 63 books, including the Death on Demand, Henrie O and Bailey Ruth series. In 2014, she was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers o ...

, ''A Little Class On Murder'' *

Margaret Maron Margaret Maron (''née'' Brown; August 25, 1938 – February 23, 2021) was an American writer, the author of award-winning mystery novels. Biography Maron was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and grew up in central Johnston County; she had a ...

, ''Corpus Christmas''

First novel award

Winner: * Karen Kijewski, ''

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'' Shortlist: *

Jill Churchill Jill Churchill (born Janice Young Brooks; January 11, 1943 – July 12, 2023) was an American author, winner of the Agatha and Macavity Awards for her first Jane Jeffry novel and featured in ''Great Women Mystery Writers'' (2007). Biography Chu ...

, ''Grime and Punishment'' *Melodie Johnson Howe, ''The Mother Shadow'' *Edith Skom, ''The Mark Twain Murders'' *Susan Wolfe, ''The Last Billable Hour''

Paperback original award

Winner: *

, '' Honeymoon with Murder'' Shortlist: *Malacai Black, ''On My Honor'' * D.R. Meredith, ''Murder By Deception'' * Keith Peterson, ''Rough Justice'' *Deborah Valentine, ''A Collector of Photographs''

Short story award

Winner: *

Nancy Pickard Nancy Pickard (born September 19, 1945, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American crime novelist. She has won five Macavity Awards, four Agatha Awards, an Anthony Award, and a Shamus Award. She is the only author to win all four awards. She also ...

, "Afraid all the Time", from ''

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'' Shortlist: *Susan Dunlap, "No Safety", from ''Sisters in Crime'' *

Sharyn McCrumb Sharyn McCrumb (born February 26, 1948) is an American writer best known for books that celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia. McCrumb is the winner of numerous literary awards, and is the author of the best selling "Ballad" novels, se ...

, "A Wee Doch and Doris", from ''Mistletoe Mysteries'' *Shelly Singer, "A Terrible Thing", from ''Sisters in Crime''

Movie award

Winner: *''

Crimes and Misdemeanors ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'' is a 1989 American existential comedy drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, who stars alongside Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Orbach, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston, and Joanna Gleason. ...

'' Shortlist: ''No shortlist released''

Television series award

Winner: *''

Inspector Morse Endeavour Morse, GM, is the namesake character of the series of "Morse" detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, a Detective Chief Inspector in the Thames Valley Police in Oxford, England. On television he was portrayed by John ...

'' Shortlist: ''No shortlist released''

References

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