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 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 XXXII and the 16th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in

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on November 1, 2001; running until the 4th. The event was chaired by

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of "science and policy" at the National Alliance for Hispanic Health Adolph P. Falcón; and William L. Starck, of NACO, the

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co-operative.

Special Guests

*Lifetime Achievement award — Edward D. Hoch *American Guest of Honor —

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 ...

*International Guest of Honor —

Peter Lovesey Peter Harmer Lovesey (10 September 1936 – 10 April 2025), also known by his pen name Peter Lear, was a British writer of Historical mystery, historical and Detective fiction, contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known ser ...

*Fan Guests of Honor — Lew Buckingham & Nancy Buckingham *Toastmaster —

Michael Connelly Michael Joseph Connelly (born July 21, 1956) is an American author of Detective fiction, detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring Los Angeles Police Department, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and cr ...

Anthony Awards

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

Novel award

Winner: *

Val McDermid Valarie McDermid (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and his collaborators in the police department. Her work is considered to be part of a sub-genre k ...

, '' A Place of Execution'' Shortlist: *

Nevada Barr Nevada Barr (born March 1, 1952) is an American author of mystery fiction. She is known for her Anna Pigeon series, which is primarily set in a series of national parks and other protected areas of the United States. Early life Although Barr was ...

, ''Deep South'' * Joe R. Lansdale, ''The Bottoms'' * Marcia Muller, ''Listen to the Silence'' *

Elizabeth Peters Barbara Louise Mertz (September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013) was an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the Universi ...

, ''

He Shall Thunder in the Sky ''He Shall Thunder in the Sky'' (also published as ''Thunder in the Sky'') is the 12th in a series of historical mystery novels by Elizabeth Peters, first published in 2000, and featuring fictional archaeologist and sleuth Amelia Peabody. The s ...

'' * Charles Todd, ''Legacy of the Dead''

First novel award

Winner: *

Qiu Xiaolong Qiu Xiaolong (, Chinese language, Chinese pronunciation /tɕʰjoʊː ˌɕjɑʊˈlʊŋ/, American English pronunciation ) is a Chinese American crime novelist, poet, translation, translator, critic, and academic. Born in Shanghai, he originall ...

, '' Death of a Red Heroine'' Shortlist: * Stephen Booth, ''Black Dog'' * David Liss, '' A Conspiracy of Paper'' * Scott Phillips, '' The Ice Harvest'' * Bob Truluck, ''Street Level'' * Douglas E. Winter, ''Run''

Paperback original award

Winner: * Kate Grilley, '' Death Dances to a Reggae Beat'' Shortlist: *

Katy Munger Katy Munger (born December 29, 1957), who has also written under the names Gallagher Gray and Chaz McGee, is an American mystery author known for writing the ''Casey Jones,'' ''Hubbert & Lil,'' and ''Dead Detective'' series. She is a former review ...

, ''Bad to the Bone'' * Daniel Stashower, ''The Floating Lady Murder'' *Chassie L. West, ''Killing Kin'' * Laura Wilson, ''A Little Death'' * Eric Wright, ''The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn''

Short story award

Winner: * Edward D. Hoch, "The Problem of the Potting Shed", from ''

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' is a bi-monthly American digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime fiction, particularly detective fiction, and mystery fiction. Launched in fall 1941 by Mercury Press, ''EQMM'' is named after the fic ...

'' July 2000 Shortlist: *

Rhys Bowen Janet Quin-Harkin (born 24 September 1941, Bath, Somerset) is an author best known for her mystery novels for adults written under the name Rhys Bowen. Career Before she began writing novels, Quin-Harkin worked in the drama department of the B ...

, "The Seal of the Confessional", from ''Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist'' *Rochelle Krich, "Widow's Peak", from ''Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist'' * Donald Olson, "Don't Go Upstairs", from ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' August 2000 * Peter Robinson, "Missing in Action", from ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' November 2000

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner: * Jim Huang, ''100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century'' Shortlist: *Matthew Bunson, ''The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia'' *Martha Hailey DuBose, ''Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists'' *Marvin Lachman, ''The American Regional Mystery'' *Erin A. Smith, ''Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers and Pulp Magazines''

Short story collection / anthology award

Winner: *

Lawrence Block Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Ma ...

, ''Master's Choice II'' Shortlist: *Joan Hess, ''Malice Domestic 9'' * Jeffrey Marks, ''Magnolias and Mayhem'' *Serita Stevens, ''Unholy Orders'' *Carolyn Wheat, ''Tales out of School''

Fan publication award

Winner: * Chris Aldrich & Lynn Kaczmarek, '' Mystery News'' Shortlist: *George Easter, ''Deadly Pleasures'' *Jim Huang, ''The Drood Review of Mystery'' *Sue Feder, ''Murder: Past Tense'' *Janet Rudolph, '' Mystery Readers Journal''

References

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