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 XLII and the 26th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel of

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, on September 15, 2011, and ran until September 18. The event was chaired by publisher and editors of '' Crimespree magazine'', Jon Jordan. David Thompson, the co-owner of

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bookstore "Murder by the Book" was also supposed to chair, however died before the event.

Special guests

*Lifetime Achievement award —

Sara Paretsky Sara Paretsky (born June 8, 1947) is an American author of detective fiction, best known for her novels focused on the protagonist V. I. Warshawski. Life and career Paretsky was born in Ames, Iowa. Her father was a microbiologist and moved the ...

*American Guests of Honor —

Robert Crais Robert Crais (pronounced ; born June 20, 1953) is an American author of detective fiction and former screenwriter. Crais began his career writing scripts for television shows such as '' Hill Street Blues'', '' Cagney & Lacey'', '' Quincy'', '' M ...

Charlaine Harris Charlaine Harris Schulz (born November 25, 1951) is an American author who specializes in mysteries. She is best known for her book series '' The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', which was adapted as the TV series '' True Blood''. The television sh ...

*International Guests of Honor — Colin Cotterill &

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 ...

*Fan Guests of Honor —

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& Brian Skupin *Toastmaster —

Ridley Pearson Ridley Pearson (born March 13, 1953, in Glen Cove, New York) is an American author of suspense, thriller and adventure books. Several of his books have appeared on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Literary career Pearson became the fir ...

*Special Guests (local living legends) — Bob Randisi &

John Lutz John Michael Lutz (born April 23, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is best known for playing J. D. Lutz on the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'', and for his work as a writer on the NBC series ''Saturday Night Live'' for seven ...

*The David Thompson Memorial Special Service award —

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Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the twenty-sixth 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 ...

, ''

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'' Shortlist: *Tom Franklin, ''Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter'' *

Tana French Tana French (born 10 May 1973) is an American-Irish writer and theatrical actress. She is a longtime resident of Dublin, Ireland. Her debut novel '' In the Woods'' (2007), a psychological mystery, won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barr ...

, ''

Faithful Place ''Faithful Place'' is a 2010 crime novel by Tana French. The book is set in Dublin, featuring undercover detective Frank Mackey, who was a supporting character in French's previous novel, ''The Likeness''. It is the third installment of French's ...

'' * Steve Hamilton, '' The Lock Artist'' *

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 ...

, ''I'd Know You Anywhere''

First novel award

Winner: * Hilary Davidson, ''

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'' Shortlist: * Bruce DeSilva, ''Rogue Island'' *

Paul Doiron Paul Doiron (pronounced ) is the author of the Mike Bowditch series of crime novels. Career The first book in the Mike Bowditch series, ''The Poacher's Son'', won the Barry Award for Best First Novel and the Strand Critics Award for Best Firs ...

, ''The Poacher's Son'' *Graham Moore, ''The Sherlockian'' *James Thompson, ''Snow Angels''

Paperback original award

Winner: *

Duane Swierczynski Duane Louis Swierczynski (born February 22, 1972) is an American crime writer known for his work in non-fiction books, novels and comic books. Early life Duane Swierczynski was born and raised in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Frankford, ...

, ''

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'' Shortlist: *

Robert Goddard Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully lau ...

, ''Long Time Coming'' * Bryan Gruley, ''The Hanging Tree'' *

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 ...

, ''Drive Time'' * Frank Tallis, ''Vienna Secrets''

Short story award

Winner: *

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 ...

, "Swing Shift", from '' Crimes By Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side'' Shortlist: *Doug Allyn, "The Scent of Lilacs", 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 2010 *Chris F. Holm, "The Hitter", from ''Needle: A Magazine of Noir Summer'' *

Mary Jane Maffini Mary Jane Maffini is a Canadian Mystery fiction, mystery writer. She has crafted three mystery series and written 12 novels. ''The Ladies Killing Circle'' and ''RendezVous Crime'' anthologies feature some of her stories, and Chatelaine (magazi ...

, "So Much in Common", from ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' September / October 2010 *Patricia L. Morin, "Homeless", from ''Mystery Montage: A Collection of Short Story Mystery Genres'' *Simon Wood, "The Frame Maker", from ''The Back Alley Webzine''

Critical and non-fiction award

Winner: * John Curran, ''

Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks ''Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks:'' ''Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making'' is a book written by John Curran and published by HarperCollins on 6 September 2009, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Critical Nonfiction in 2 ...

'' Shortlist: *

Rafael Alvarez Rafael Alvarez (born May 24, 1958) is an American author based in Baltimore and Los Angeles. Alvarez went to work for the ''Sunpapers'' of Baltimore as a teenager—first in the circulation department and then the horse racing desk in sports—be ...

, ''The Wire: Truth Be Told'' *Steven Doyle & David A. Crowder, ''Sherlock Holmes for Dummies'' *Yunte Huang, ''Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History'' *

David Morrell David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel ''First Blood (novel), First Blood'', later adapted as the 1982 First Blood, film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo (franchise), ''Ra ...

, ''Thrillers: 100 Must Reads''

Graphic novel award

Winner: *

Jason Starr Jason Starr (born November 22, 1966) is an American author, comic book writer, and screenwriter from New York City. Starr has written numerous crime fiction novels and thrillers. Starr's ''Tough Luck'', a novel published in 2003, was a Bar ...

, '' The Chill'' Shortlist: *

Jason Aaron Jason Aaron (born January 28, 1973) is an American comic book writer, known for his creator-owned series '' Scalped'' and '' Southern Bastards'', as well as his work on Marvel series '' Ghost Rider'', ''Wolverine'', '' PunisherMAX'', ''Thor'', a ...

, '' Scalped Vol 6: The Gnawing'' *

Darwyn Cooke Darwyn Cooke (November 16, 1962 – May 14, 2016) was a Canadian comics artist, writer, cartoonist, and animator who worked on the comic books ''Catwoman'', ''DC: The New Frontier'', ''Spirit (comics), The Spirit'' and ''Richard Stark's Parker ...

, '' Richard Stark's Parker, Vol 2: The Outfit'' *

Joshua Hale Fialkov Joshua Hale Fialkov (born August 19, 1979) is an American comic book writer who primarily works in the horror genre. He is best known for '' Echoes'', '' The Bunker'', '' Elk's Run'', '' I, Vampire'', and the 2008 film '' Infected''. He has be ...

& Noel Tuazon, ''Tumor'' * Denise Mina, ''Sickness in the Family'' *

Jill Thompson Jill Thompson (born November 20, 1966) is an American comics artist, illustrator and writer who has worked for stage, film, and television. Well known for her work on Neil Gaiman's ''The Sandman (Vertigo), The Sandman'' characters and her own ''Sc ...

Evan Dorkin Evan Dorkin (born April 20, 1965) is an American comics artist and cartoonist. His best known works are the comic books ''Milk and Cheese'' and ''Dork'', the latter of which features his comic '' Eltingville''. His comics often poke fun at fandom ...

, ''

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Website award

Winner: *Stan Ulrich & Lucinda Surber, '' Stop, You're Killing Me!'' Shortlist: *Jen Forbus, ''Jen's Book Thoughts'' *J. Kingston Pierce, ''

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'' *Chantelle Aimée Osman, ''Sirens of Suspense'' *Sandra Ruttan, ''Spinetingler''

References

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