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 XLVII and the 2016 Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held at

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from 15 to 18 September 2016. The event was chaired by Connie Perry and Heather Graham.

Special guests

* Lifetime Achievement:

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 ...

* American Guests of Honor:

Harlan Coben Harlan Coben (born January 4, 1962) is an American writer of mystery novels and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past, murders, or fatal accidents and have multiple ...

* Bouchercon Kids Guest of Honor:

R. L. Stine Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943) is an American novelist. He is the writer of '' Goosebumps,'' a horror fiction novel series which has sold over 400 million copies globally in 35 languages, becoming the second- best-selling book ...

* International Rising Star Guest of Honor: Craig Robertson * Toastmasters:

Harley Jane Kozak Harley Jane Kozak (born January 28, 1957) is an American actress and author. She made her film debut in the slasher film '' The House on Sorority Row'' (1982), and had a recurring role as Mary Duvall on the soap opera '' Santa Barbara'' between ...

and Alexandra Sokoloff * Local Legend: Julie Smith * Fan Guests of Honor: Jon and Ruth Jordan * The David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award:

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 ...

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the 2016 annual Anthony Awards ceremony.

Best Novel

Winner: *

Chris Holm Christopher George Holm (born November 27, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player in Japan. He is an assistant coach for the Kyoto Hannaryz The Kyoto Hannaryz (京都ハンナリーズ ''Kyōto Hannarīzu'') are a Japanese ...

, ''The Killing Kind'' Shortlist: * Matt Coyle, ''Night Tremors'' *

Catriona McPherson Catriona McPherson (born 22 October 1965, in South Queensferry) is a Scottish writer. She is best known for her ''Dandy Gilver'' series. Her novels have won an Agatha Award, two Anthony Awards, six Lefty Awards, and two Macavity Awards. McP ...

, ''The Child Garden'' *

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 Nature of the Beast'' *

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 ...

, ''What You See''

Best First Novel

Winner: * Glen Erik Hamilton, ''Past Crimes'' Shortlist: * Patricia Abbott, ''Concrete Angel'' *

Rob Hart Rob Hart (born 4 November 1974) is an English former American football placekicker in NFL Europe. He played for the England Monarchs in 1998 and Scottish Claymores from 1999–2004. He played college football at Murray State University in Kentuc ...

, ''New Yorked'' *

Brian Panowich Brian Panowich is an American author and journalist. Biography Panowich grew up an "Army brat" in Europe before moving to East Georgia. Before becoming a writer he was a firefighter in Augusta, Georgia. He is known for the novels ''Bull Mountai ...

, ''Bull Mountain'' *

Art Taylor Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".Watrous, Peter (February 7, 1995)"Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians" ''The Ne ...

, ''On the Road with Del & Louise''

Best Paperback Original

Winner: *

Lou Berney Lou Berney (born 1964) is an American crime fiction author who has published six books since 1991. For his works, Berney has won multiple awards including an Anthony, Barry and Edgar for '' The Long and Faraway Gone''. With ''November Road'', Ber ...

, '' The Long and Faraway Gone'' Shortlist: *

Adrian McKinty Adrian McKinty is a Northern Irish writer of crime and mystery novels and young adult fiction, best known for his 2020 award-winning thriller, ''The Chain'', and the Sean Duffy novels set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. He is a winner o ...

, ''Gun Street Girl'' *

Lori Rader-Day Lori Rader-Day is an American author of mystery, crime, and suspense novels. She has won three Anthony Awards (2015, 2018, 2019), a Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award (2016), and an Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel (2021)''.'' Pers ...

, ''Little Pretty Things'' * Josh Stallings, ''Young Americans'' * James W. Ziskin, ''Stone Cold Dead''

Best Critical Non-fiction Work

Winner: *

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 ...

, ''Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime'' Shortlist: *

Martin Edwards Charles Martin Edwards (born 24 July 1945) is the former chairman of Manchester United F.C., Manchester United, a position he held from 1980 until 2002. He now holds the position of honorary life president at the club and Director of Inview Tech ...

, '' The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story'' * Suzanne Marrs & Tom Nolan, ''Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald'' *

Nathan Ward Nathan Ward may refer to: * Nathan Ward (ice hockey) (born 1981) * Nathan Ward (missionary) (1804–1860) See also * Nathaniel Ward (disambiguation) {{hndis, Ward, Nathan ...

, ''The Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett'' *

Kate White Kate White is an American author, former magazine editor, and speaker. From 1998 to 2012, she served as the editor-in-chief of ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'' and left to concentrate full time on writing suspense fiction. She is the ...

, ''The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For''

Best Short Story

Winner: *

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 ...

, ''“The Little Men: A Bibliomystery”'' Shortlist: * Hilary Davidson, ''“The Siege” from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Dec 2015'' * Brace Godfrey/ Johnny Shaw, ''“Feliz Navidead” from Thuglit Presents: Cruel Yule'' * Erin Mitchell, ''“Old Hands” from Dark City Lights'' * Travis Richardson, ''“Quack and Dwight” from Jewish Noir'' * Holly West, ''“Don't Fear the Ripper” from Protectors 2: Heroes''

Best Anthology or Collection

Winner: *

, ''Murder Under the Oaks: Bouchercon Anthology 2015'' Shortlist: * Christopher Irvin, ''Safe Inside the Violence'' * Thomas Pluck, ''Protectors 2: Heroes-Stories to Benefit PROTECT'' * Todd Robinson, ''Thuglit Presents: Cruel Yule: Holiday Tales of Crime for People on the Naughty List'' * Kenneth Wishnia, ''Jewish Noir: Contemporary Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds''

Best Young Adult Novel

Winner: * Joelle Charbonneau, ''Need'' Shortlist: *

Owen Matthews Owen Matthews (born December 1971) is a British writer, historian and journalist. His first book, ''Stalin's Children'', was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award, the Orwell Prize for political writing, and France's Prix Médicis E ...

, ''How to Win at High School'' * Mindy McGinnis, '' A Madness So Discreet'' * Melinda Salisbury, '' The Sin Eater’s Daughter'' * B.K. Stevens, ''Fighting Chance'' * Henry Turner, ''Ask the Dark''

Best Crime Fiction Audio-book

Winner: *

Robert Bathurst Robert Guy Bathurst (born 22 February 1957) is a British actor. Bathurst was born in The Gold Coast (British colony), The Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. In 1959, his family moved to Ball ...

(narrator), ''The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny'' Shortlist: *

Assaf Cohen Assaf Cohen (born October 31, 1972) is an American actor. Born in Mountain View, California and raised in Palo Alto, California, Cohen is of Yemenite, Russian, and Israeli descent. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B ...

(narrator), ''Dark Waters by Chris Goff'' * Clare Corbett,

Louise Brealey Louise Brealey, also credited as Loo Brealey, is an English actress, writer and journalist. She played Molly Hooper in '' Sherlock'', Cass in ''Back'', Scottish professor Jude McDermid in ''Clique'' and Gillian Chamberlain in '' A Discovery of ...

India Fisher India Fisher (born 10 September 1974) is a British actress, narrator and presenter. Her father is the ex- MP Mark Fisher. She is also the half-sister of musician Crispin Hunt and of actress Francesca Hunt, who appears with her in the play '' O ...

(narrators), '' The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins'' * Christina Cox (narrator), ''Causing Chaos by Deborah J. Ledford'' * Em Eldridge (narrator), ''Young Americans by Josh Stallings''

External links

Official Website

References

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