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 way ...

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of creators and devotees of mystery and

detective fiction Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as s ...

. 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 Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. AB ...

*Guest of Honor —

M. C. Beaton Marion Gibbons (née Chesney; 10 June 1936 – 30/31 December 2019) was a Scottish writer of romance and mystery novels, whose career as a published author began in 1979. She wrote numerous successful historical romance novels under a form of he ...

*American Guest of Honor — Nevada Barr *Fan Guest of Honor —

Jim Huang Jim Huang is an American author and editor of crime fiction, as well as the owner and operator of Crum Creek Press and The Mystery Company imprint. Personal life Huang has a wife named Jennie. Together, they have lived in Boston, Massachusetts; ...

*Toastmaster —

William Kent Krueger William Kent Krueger is an American novelist and crime writer, best known for his series of novels featuring Cork O'Connor, which are set mainly in Minnesota. In 2005 and 2006, he won back-to-back Anthony Awards for best novel. In 2014, his stan ...

*Special Guest —

Joseph Wambaugh Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. (born January 22, 1937), is a best-selling American writer known for his fictional and nonfictional accounts of police work in the United States. Several of his early novels were set in Los Angeles and its surroun ...

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the twenty-first annual Anthony Awards ceremony.

Novel award

Winner: *

, '' Mercy Falls'' Shortlist: * Jan Burke, ''Bloodlines'' * Michael Connelly, '' The Lincoln Lawyer'' * Thomas H. Cook, ''Red Leaves'' * Laura Lippman, ''To the Power of Three''

First novel award

Winner: * Chris Grabenstein, '' Tilt-a-Whirl'' Shortlist: *Megan Abbott, ''Die a Little'' * Brian Freeman, ''Immoral'' *Randall Hicks, ''The Baby Game'' * Theresa Schwegel, ''Office Down''

Paperback original award

Winner: * Reed Farrel Coleman, ''

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 characte ...

'' Shortlist: *

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 ...

, ''Kiss Her Goodbye'' *

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 lang ...

, ''Six Bad Things'' *Susan McBride, ''Good Girl's Guide to Murder'' *P. J. Parrish, ''A Killing Rain''

Short story award

Winner: *

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 ...

, "Misdirection", from '' Greatest Hits: Original Stories of Assassins, Hit Men and Hired Guns'' Shortlist: *

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 a ...

, "House Rules", from ''Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation'' * Nancy Pickard, "There is No Crime on Easter Island", from '' Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' September / October 2005 * Marcia Talley, "Driven to Distraction", from ''Chesapeake Crimes II: 15 Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder'' *

Elaine Viets Elaine Viets is a Midwestern American newspaperwoman and mystery writer. Life and career A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Viets has a degree in journalism and became a longtime popular media figure in St. Louis. She was a regular columnist for ...

, "Killer Blonde: A Dead-End Job Mystery", from ''Drop-Dead Blonde''

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner: *

Marvin Lachman Marvin may refer to: __NOTOC__ Geography ;In the United States * Marvyn, Alabama, also spelled Marvin, an unincorporated community * Marvin, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Marvin, North Carolina, a village * Marvin, South Dakota, a town ...

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The Heirs of Anthony Boucher ''The Heirs of Anthony Boucher'' is a book written by Marvin Lachman and published by Poisoned Pen Press on 1 August 2005, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Critical Nonfiction in 2006. References Anthony Award-winnin ...

'' Shortlist: *

Hallie Ephron Hallie Elizabeth Ephron (born March 9, 1948) is an American novelist, book reviewer, journalist, and writing teacher. She is the author of mystery and suspense novels. Her novels ''Never Tell a Lie,'' ''There Was an Old Woman'', ''Come and Fi ...

, ''Writing and Selling your Mystery Novel'' *

Stuart Kaminsky Stuart M. Kaminsky (September 29, 1934 – October 9, 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Holly ...

, ''Behind the Mystery'' *Leslie Klinger, ''New Annotated Sherlock Holmes'' *Melanie Rehak, ''Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women who Created Her''

Fan publication award

Winner: * Jon Jordan & Ruth Jordan, '' Crimespree Magazine'' Shortlist: *George Easter, ''Deadly Pleasures'' *Lynn Kaczmarek & Chris Aldrich, ''Mystery News'' *Janet Rudolph, '' Mystery Readers Journal'' *Brian Skupin & Kate Stine, ''

Mystery Scene Magazine ''Mystery Scene'' is an American magazine, first published in 1985, that covers the crime and mystery genre with a mix of articles, profiles, criticism, and extensive reviews of books, films, TV, short stories, audiobooks, and reference works. E ...

Special service award

Winner: * Janet Rudolph, '' Mystery Readers International'' Shortlist: *George Easter, ''Deadly Pleasures'' *Maddy Van Hertbruggen, ''4 Mystery Addicts'' *Sarah Weinman, ''Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind''

References

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