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 XXII and the 6th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in

Pasadena, California Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commerci ...

on October 11, 1991; running until the 13th. The event was chaired by Len & June Moffatt, founders and editors of the ''JDM Bibliophile'', a

fanzine A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleas ...

and journal dedicated the works of John D. MacDonald.

Special Guests

*Lifetime Achievement award —

William Campbell Gault William Campbell Gault (1910–1995) was an American writer. He wrote under his own name, and as Roney Scott and Will Duke, among other pseudonyms. He is probably best remembered for his sports fiction, particularly the young-readers' novels he be ...

*Guest of Honor —

Edward D. Hoch Edward Dentinger Hoch (February 22, 1930 – January 17, 2008) was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories. He was one of the few Ame ...

*Guest of Honor (visual media) —

William Link William Theodore Link (December 15, 1933 – December 27, 2020) was an American film and television screenwriter and producer who often worked in collaboration with Richard Levinson. Biography Early life Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...

*Fan Guest of Honor —

Bruce Pelz Bruce Edward Pelz (August 11, 1936 – May 9, 2002) was a US science fiction fan. He was highly active in the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS) and a major SMOF, co-chairing the 30th World Science Fiction Convention. He also wrote f ...

*Toastmaster —

Bill Crider Bill Crider (July 28, 1941 – February 12, 2018) was an American author of crime fiction among other work. Biography Crider received a Master of Arts degree at the University of North Texas, in Denton. Later, he taught English at Howard Payne ...

Anthony Awards

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

Novel award

Winner: *

Sue Grafton Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ('' "A" Is for Alibi'', etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the ...

, '' "G" Is for Gumshoe'' Shortlist: *

Lawrence Block Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Ma ...

, ''A Ticket to the Boneyard'' *

Lia Matera Lia Matera (born 1952) is a Canadian author of two series of mystery novels and short stories. Biography Matera was born in 1952 in Canada. She graduated from Hastings College of Law in 1981. She was a teaching fellow at Stanford Law School in ...

, ''The Good Fight'' *

Sharyn McCrumb Sharyn McCrumb (born February 26, 1948) is an American writer best known for books that celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia. McCrumb is the winner of numerous literary awards, and is the author of the best selling "Ballad" novels, se ...

, ''If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O'' * Julie Smith, ''New Orleans Mourning''

First novel award

Winner: * Patricia Daniels Cornwell, ''

Postmortem An autopsy (also referred to as post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death; ...

'' Shortlist: *

Diane Mott Davidson Diane Mott Davidson (born March 22, 1949) is an American author of mystery novels that use the theme of food, an idea she got from Robert B. Parker. Several recipes are included in each book, and each novel title is a play on a food or drink wor ...

, ''Catering to Nobody'' * Janet Dawson, ''Kindred Crimes'' * Rochelle Krich, ''Where's Mommy Now?'' *James McCahery, ''Grave Undertaking''

Paperback original award

Winners: * Rochelle Krich, '' Where's Mommy Now?'' * James McCahery, '' Grave Undertaking'' Shortlist: *

Jane Haddam Orania Papazoglou (July 13, 1951 - July 17, 2019), better known by her pen name Jane Haddam, was an American mystery writer. Biography Haddam was born in Bethel, Connecticut and lived in Watertown. She was married to mystery writer William L ...

, ''Not a Creature was Stirring'' *G.J. Oliphant, ''Dead in the Scrub'' *Marilyn Wallace, ''Sisters in Crime 2''

Short story award

Winner: *

Susan Dunlap Susan Dunlap (born June 20, 1943) is an American writer of mystery novels and short stories. Her novels have mostly appeared in one of four series, each with its own sleuthing protagonist: Vejay Haskell, Jill Smith, Kiernan O'Shaughnessy, or Darc ...

, "The Celestial Buffet", from ''Sisters in Crime 2'' Shortlist: *

, "The Luncheon", from ''Sisters in Crime 2'' *Sharyn McCrumb, "Remains to be Seen", from ''Mummy Stories'' * Sarah Shankman, "Say You're Sorry", from ''Sisters in Crime 3'' *Marilyn Wallace, "A Tale of Two Pretties", from ''Sisters in Crime 3''

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner: * Jon L. Breen &

Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ...

, ''Synod Of Sleuths: Essays on Judeo-Christian Detective Fiction'' Shortlist: *Serita Deborah Stevens & Anne Klarner, ''Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons'' * Peter Lewis, ''Eric Ambler'' *

S. T. Joshi Sunand Tryambak Joshi (born June 22, 1958) is an American literary critic whose work has largely focused on weird and fantastic fiction, especially the life and work of H. P. Lovecraft and associated writers. Career His literary critic ...

, ''John Dickson Carr: a Critical Study'' *John Conquest, ''Trouble Is Their Business: Private Eyes in Fiction, Film & Television, 1927-1988''

Motion Picture award

Winner: *'' Presumed Innocent'' Shortlist: *'' Goodfellas'' *'' The Grifters''

Television series award

Winner: *''

Mystery! ''Mystery!'' is an anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston for PBS in the United States. The series was created as a mystery, police and crime drama spin-off of the PBS show ''Masterpiece Theatre''. From 1980 to 2007, ''Mystery!' ...

'' Shortlist: *''

Gabriel's Fire ''Gabriel's Fire'' is an American crime drama television series created by Donald R. Boyle, Coleman Luck and Jacqueline Zambrano that ran on ABC from September 12, 1990, to June 6, 1991, in the United States during the 1990–91 television seaso ...

'' *''

Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, launching the ''Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire ...

'' *'' Matlock'' *''

Murder, She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The series f ...

References

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