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 XXXVI and the 20th Anthony Awards ceremony.
Bouchercon
The convention was held in
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
on September 1, 2005; running until the 4th. The event was chaired by "mystery fans extraordinaire" Sonya Rice, and founder of the
Society Hill
Society Hill is a historic neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 6,215 . Settled in the early 1680s, Society Hill is one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Philadelphia.The Center ...
playhouse
Playhouse () is a common term for a theatre.
Playhouse, The Playhouse, Playhouse Theatre, or Playhouse Theater may also refer to:
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* Dunstan Playhouse, at the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Au ...
, Deen Kogan.
Special Guests
*Lifetime Achievement awards —
Bill Pronzini
Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini is ...
&
Marcia Muller
Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944) is an American author of mystery and thriller novels.
Muller has written many novels featuring her ''Sharon McCone'' female private detective character. ''Vanishing Point'' won the Shamus Award for '' ...
*International Guest of Honor —
Jonathan Gash
*American Guest of Honor —
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 ...
*Fan Guest of Honor —
Beth Fedyn
*Toastmaster —
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 ...
Anthony Awards
The following list details the awards distributed at the twentieth annual Anthony Awards ceremony.
Novel award
Winner:
*
William Kent Krueger
William Kent Krueger (born November 16, 1950) is an American novelist and crime writer, best known for his series of novels featuring Cork O'Connor, which are set mainly in Minnesota. In 2005 and 2006, he won back-to-back Anthony Awards for best ...
, ''
Blood Hollow''
Shortlist:
*
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 ...
, ''The Killing of the Tinkers''
*
John Katzenbach, ''
The Madman's Tale''
*
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 ...
, ''By a Spider's Thread''
*
T. Jefferson Parker, ''California Girl''
*
Julia Spencer-Fleming
Julia Spencer-Fleming (born June 26, 1961)page 240, ''Great Women Mystery Writers'', 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, is an American novelist of mystery fiction. She has won the Agatha Award, Anthony Awards, An ...
, ''Out of the Deep I Cry''
First novel award
Winner:
*
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 ...
, ''
Dating Dead Men''
Shortlist:
*Sandra Balzo, ''Uncommon Grounds''
*
Judy Clemens
Judy Clemens is a successful American novelist. She lives in rural Ohio and is married with two children. Clemens is best known for the Stella Crown and Grim Reaper mystery series. Her first novel was nominated for the Agatha and Anthony Awards ...
, ''Until the Cows Come Home''
*
Jilliane Hoffman, ''
Retribution''
*
J. A. Konrath
Joseph Andrew Konrath (born March 29, 1970, in Skokie, Illinois) is an American fiction writer working in the Mystery fiction, mystery, Thriller (genre), thriller, and Horror fiction, horror genres. He writes as J. A. Konrath and Jack Kilborn. In ...
, ''Whiskey Sour''
Paperback original 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 ...
, ''
Twisted City''
Shortlist:
*Robin Burcell, ''Cold Case''
*Roberta Isleib, ''Putt to Death''
*Susan McBride, ''Blue Blood''
*
M. J. Rose, ''The Halo Effect''
Short story award
Winner:
*
Elaine Viets
Elaine Viets is a Midwestern United States, Midwestern American journalist, newspaperwoman and mystery (fiction), mystery writer.
Life and career
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Viets has a degree in journalism and became a longtime popular me ...
, "Wedding Knife", from ''
Chesapeake Crimes''
Shortlist:
*
Rhys Bowen
Janet Quin-Harkin (born 24 September 1941, Bath, Somerset) is an author best known for her mystery novels for adults written under the name Rhys Bowen.
Career
Before she began writing novels, Quin-Harkin worked in the drama department of the B ...
, "Voodoo", from ''
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'' (''AHMM'') is a bi-monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime and detective fiction. ''AHMM'' is named for Alfred Hitchcock, the famed director of suspense films and television.
History
''AH ...
'' November 2004
*
Terence Faherty, "The Widow of Slane", 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 ...
'' March / April 2004
*Ted Hertel Jr., "It's Crackers to Slip a Rozzer the Dropsy in Snide", from ''Small Crimes''
*
Arthur Nersesian
Arthur Nersesian is an American novelist, playwright, and poet.
Nersesian is of Armenian and Irish descent. He was born and raised in New York City, and graduated from Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York.
His novels include ''The Fuck-up ...
, "Hunter/Trapper", from ''Brooklyn Noir''
Critical / Non-fiction award
Winner:
*
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 ...
, ''
Men's Adventure Magazines''
Shortlist:
*Frankie Bailey & Steven Chermak, ''Famous American Crimes & Trials''
*
Edward Conlon, ''
Blue Blood''
*
Leslie S. Klinger, ''The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes''
*
Julian Rubinstein, ''The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber''
Cover art award
Winner:
*
Sohrab Habibion; for
Tim McLoughlin, ''
Brooklyn Noir''
Shortlist:
*
Gregory Manchess
Gregory Manchess is an American illustrator from Kentucky. His illustrations have appeared in magazines, digital murals, illustrated movie posters, advertising campaigns, and book covers, including sixty covers for Louis L’Amour. His work has ap ...
; for Max Phillips, ''Fade to Blonde''
*Sal Barracca; for
J. A. Konrath
Joseph Andrew Konrath (born March 29, 1970, in Skokie, Illinois) is an American fiction writer working in the Mystery fiction, mystery, Thriller (genre), thriller, and Horror fiction, horror genres. He writes as J. A. Konrath and Jack Kilborn. In ...
, ''Whiskey Sour''
*Robert Santora; for Ruth Francisco, ''Good Morning, Darkness''
*Michael Kellner; for
Gary Phillips, ''Monkology''
References
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