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

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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 XXXVII and the 21st Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in

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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 include the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. ...

*Guest of Honor — M. C. Beaton *American Guest of Honor —

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 ...

*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 (born November 16, 1950) 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 ...

*Special Guest —

Joseph Wambaugh Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. (January 22, 1937 – February 28, 2025) was an American writer known for his fictional and nonfictional accounts of police work in the United States. Many of his novels are set in Los Angeles and its surroundings an ...

Anthony Awards

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

Novel award

Winner: *

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'' Shortlist: *

Jan Burke Jan Burke (born August 1, 1953) is an American author of novels and short stories. She is a winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the Agatha Award for Best Short Story, the Macavity Award, and ''Ellery Queen'' Readers Choice Award. Biography ...

, ''Bloodlines'' *

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 ...

, '' The Lincoln Lawyer'' * Thomas H. Cook, ''Red Leaves'' *

Laura Lippman Laura Lippman (born January 31, 1959) is an American journalist and author of over 20 detective fiction novels. Her novels have won multiple awards, including an Agatha Award, seven Anthony Awards, two Barry Awards, an Edgar Award, a Gumshoe Aw ...

, ''To the Power of Three''

First novel award

Winner: *

Chris Grabenstein Christopher Grabenstein is an American author. He published his first novel in 2005. Since then he has written novels for both adults and children, the latter often with frequent collaborator James Patterson. He graduated from the University of Te ...

, ''

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'' 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 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 ...

, ''

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'' 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 shortlis ...

, ''Kiss Her Goodbye'' *

Charlie Huston Charlie Huston is an American novelist, screenwriter and comic book 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 ...

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

Short story award

Winner: * Barbara Seranella, "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 Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on th ...

, "House Rules", from ''Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation'' *

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 ...

, "There is No Crime on Easter Island", 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 ...

'' September / October 2005 *

Marcia Talley Marcia Talley is an American Mystery fiction, mystery novelist, author of the Hannah Ives mystery series, two collaborative fiction, collaborative novels, and numerous short stories. A former librarian, she took early retirement in 2000 to write ...

, "Driven to Distraction", from ''Chesapeake Crimes II: 15 Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder'' *

Elaine Viets Elaine Viets is a Midwestern United States, Midwestern American journalist, newspaperwoman and mystery (fiction), mystery writer. Life and career A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Viets has a degree in journalism and became a longtime popular me ...

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

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner: * Marvin Lachman, '' The Heirs of Anthony Boucher'' 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 Find ...

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

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

, ''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''

Special service award

Winner: * Janet Rudolph, ''

Mystery Readers International Mystery Readers International is a fan/reader organization open to all readers, fans, critics, editors, publishers, and writers of Mystery fiction. It was founded by Janet A. Rudolph in Berkeley, California. It publishes the ''Mystery Readers Jo ...

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

References

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