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 XLI and the 25th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in the Hyatt Regency San Francisco of

San Francisco, California San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

, on October 14, 2010; running until the 17th. The event was chaired by crime fiction reviewer Rae Helmsworth.

Special Guests

*Distinguished Contribution to the Genre —

Lee Child James Dover Grant (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes Thriller (genre), thriller novels, and is best known for his ''Jack Reacher (book series), Jack Reacher'' novel series. The boo ...

*International Guest of Honor — Denise Mina *American Guest of Honor — Laurie R. King *Toastmaster —

Eddie Muller Eddie Muller (born October 15, 1958) is an American author and the founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation. He is known for his books about the ''film noir'' genre, and is the host of ''Noir Alley'' on Turner Classic Movies. He is also ...

*Fan Guest of Honor — Maddy Van Hertbruggen

Anthony Awards

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

Novel award

Winner: *

Louise Penny Louise Penny (born July 1, 1958) is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broa ...

, '' The Brutal Telling'' Shortlist: * John Hart, ''

The Last Child ''The Last Child'' is a Suspense (genre), suspense thriller by American novelist John Hart (author), John Hart. It was first published in 2009 by St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books. Awards and distinctions *2010 Edgar Awards, Edgar Award winne ...

'' *

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 ...

, ''The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death'' *

Stieg Larsson Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and far-left activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, sta ...

, ''

The Girl Who Played with Fire ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'' () is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009. The book features many of the characters who appeared in '' ...

'' *

S. J. Rozan S. J. Rozan (born 1950) is an American architect and writer of detective fiction and thrillers, based in New York City. She also co-writes a paranormal thriller series under the pseudonym Sam Cabot with Carlos Dews. Life S.J. (Shira Judith) R ...

, '' The Shanghai Moon''

First novel award

Winner: * Sophie Littlefield, '' A Bad Day for Sorry'' Shortlist: * Alan Bradley, '' The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie'' * Bryan Gruley, ''Starvation Lake'' *

Stuart Neville Stuart Neville (born 1972) is a Northern Irish author best known for his novel ''The Twelve'' or, as it is known in the United States, ''The Ghosts of Belfast''. He was born and grew up in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Works ''The Twelve'' was plac ...

, ''The Twelve'' *Stefanie Pintoff, ''In the Shadow of Gotham''

Paperback original award

Winner: * Bryan Gruley, ''

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'' Shortlist: *

Megan Abbott Megan Abbott (born August 21, 1971) is an American screenwriter and author of crime fiction and non-fiction analyses of hardboiled crime fiction. Her novels and short stories have drawn from and reworked classic subgenres of crime writing from a ...

, ''Bury Me Deep'' *

Ken Bruen Ken Bruen (3 January 1951 – 29 March 2025) was an Irish writer of hardboiled and noir crime fiction. Life and career Education and teaching career Born in Galway on 3 January 1951, he was educated at Gormanston College, County Meath and la ...

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 ...

, ''Tower'' *

Max Allan Collins Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is an American mystery writer, noted for his graphic literature. His work has been published in several formats, such as his '' Ms. Tree'' series and his '' Road to Perdition'' series was the basis for a fi ...

, ''Quarry in the Middle'' *

G. M. Malliet G. M. Malliet is an American author of mystery novels and short stories. She is best known as the author of the award-winning Detective Chief Inspector St. Just mysteries and the Rev. Max Tudor mysteries. The first book in her US-based series, Au ...

, ''Death and the Lit Chick'' *

Hank Phillippi Ryan Hank Phillippi Ryan (born Harriet Ann Sablosky) is an American investigative reporter for Channel 7 News on WHDH-TV, a local television station in Boston, Massachusetts. She is also an author of mystery novels. Biography Ryan is a native of ...

, ''Air Time''

Short story award

Winner: *

, "On the House", from ''Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers'' Shortlist: *

Ace Atkins Ace Atkins (born June 28, 1970) is an American journalist and author. He became a full-time novelist at the age of 30. Biography Born in 1970, Atkins is the son of NFL player Billy Atkins. Atkins lettered for the Auburn University football te ...

, "Last Fair Deal Gone Down", from ''Crossroad Blues'' *

Dana Cameron Dana Cameron (born 1965) is an American Archaeology, archaeologist, and author of award-winning crime fiction and urban fantasy. Life and career Born and raised in Massachusetts, Dana Cameron began her professional career as an Historical arc ...

, "Femme Sole", from ''Boston Noir'' *

Dennis Lehane Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author and screenwriter. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including '' A Drink Before the War''. Four of hi ...

, "Animal Rescue", from ''Boston Noir'' *

Luis Alberto Urrea Luis Alberto Urrea (born August 20, 1955 in Tijuana, Mexico) is a Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Life Luis Urrea is the son of Alberto Urrea Murray, of Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico and Phyllis Dashiell, born in Staten Island, New Y ...

, "Amapola", from ''Phoenix Noir''

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner: *

P. D. James Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuri ...

, ''

Talking About Detective Fiction ''Talking About Detective Fiction'' is a book written by P. D. James and published by Knopf Doubleday (owned by Penguin Random House) on 1 December 2009. It won the Anthony Award The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers prese ...

'' Shortlist: *

Otto Penzler Otto Penzler (born July 8, 1942) is an American editor of mystery fiction, and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Biography Born in Germany to a German-American mother and a German father, Penzler moved to The Bronx at ag ...

, ''The Line Up: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives'' *Lisa Rogak, ''Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King'' *Elena Santangelo, ''Dame Agatha's Shorts: An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion'' *Joan Schenkar, ''The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith''

References

External links

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