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 ...

is an annual

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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 spec ...

. 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 d ...

; 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. Among the ...

, 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

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, 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 novels, and is best known for his '' Jack Reacher'' novel series. The books follow the adventures of a former American ...

*International Guest of Honor —

Denise Mina Denise Mina (born 21 August 1966) is a Scottish crime writer and playwright. She has written the ''Garnethill'' trilogy and another three novels featuring the character Patricia "Paddy" Meehan, a Glasgow journalist. Described as an author of ...

*American Guest of Honor —

Laurie R. King Laurie R. King (born September 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her detective fiction. Life and career Born in Oakland, California, King earned a degree in comparative religion from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1977 ...

*Toastmaster —

Eddie Muller Eddie Muller (born October 15, 1958) is an American writer based in San Francisco. He is known for writing books about movies, particularly film noir, and is the host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Early life and education Mulle ...

*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 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 broadcaster for the ...

, ''

The Brutal Telling ''The Brutal Telling'' is a novel written by Louise Penny, part of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. It was published by Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press owned by Macmillan Publishers. The book was published on 22 Septem ...

'' Shortlist: * John Hart, '' The Last Child'' *

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 ...

, ''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 activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, starting in 2 ...

, ''

The Girl Who Played with Fire ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'' ( sv, Flickan som lekte med elden) is the second novel in the best-selling ''Millennium'' series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009. ...

'' * S. J. Rozan, '' The Shanghai Moon''

First novel award

Winner: *

Sophie Littlefield Sophie Littlefield is an author of women's fiction, crime fiction, and young adult novels. In 2010, she was nominated for the Edgar and won an Anthony Award for Best First Novel: ''A Bad Day for Sorry''. Littlefield was born in Missouri and resi ...

, ''

A Bad Day for Sorry ''A Bad Day for Sorry'' is a novel written by Sophie Littlefield and published by Minotaur Books (an imprint on St. Martin's Press owned by Macmillan Publishers) on 4 August 2009, which later went on to win the Anthony Award The Anthony Awards ...

'' Shortlist: * Alan Bradley, ''

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ''The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie '' is a 2009 mystery by Alan Bradley. Set in the English countryside in 1950, it features Flavia de Luce, an 11-year-old amateur sleuth who pulls herself away from her beloved chemistry lab in order to c ...

'' *

Bryan Gruley Bryan Gruley (born November 1957) is an American writer. He has shared a Pulitzer Prize for journalism and been nominated for the "first novel" Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Career Gruley studied at the University of Notre Dam ...

, ''Starvation Lake'' * Stuart Neville, ''The Twelve'' *Stefanie Pintoff, ''In the Shadow of Gotham''

Paperback original award

Winner: *

, '' Starvation Lake'' Shortlist: *

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

, ''Bury Me Deep'' *

Ken Bruen Ken Bruen (born 1951) is an Irish writer of hard-boiled and noir crime fiction. Biography Education and teaching career Born in Galway, he was educated at Gormanston College, County Meath and later at Trinity College Dublin, where he earned a ...

& Reed Farrel Coleman, ''Tower'' *

Max Allan Collins Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is an American mystery writer, noted for his graphic novels. His work has been published in several formats and his '' Road to Perdition'' series was the basis for a film of the same name. He wrote the '' ...

, ''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, Aug ...

, ''Death and the Lit Chick'' * Hank Phillippi Ryan, ''Air Time''

Short story award

Winner: * Hank Phillippi Ryan, "On the House", from ''Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers'' Shortlist: * Ace Atkins, "Last Fair Deal Gone Down", from ''Crossroad Blues'' *

Dana Cameron Dana Cameron (born 1965) is an American 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 archaeologist ...

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

Dennis Lehane Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author. 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''. Of these, four were adapted ...

, "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, ''

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 presen ...

'' Shortlist: *

Otto Penzler Otto Penzler (born July 8, 1942) is a German-born 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 B ...

, ''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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