Bouchercon 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; also the inspiration for the Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986. This page details Bouchercon XXVII and the 11th Anthony Awards ceremony.
Bouchercon The convention was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota on October 10, 1996; running until the 13th. The event was chaired by Dennis Armstrong and freelance book reviewer Bruce Southworth. Armstrong was working for the local "Once Upon a Crime" book-store at the time and was allowed to take time off work to organise the event.
Special Guests Guest of Honor — Mary Higgins Clark Fan Guest of Honor — Ellen Nehr Toastmaster — Jeremiah Healy
Anthony Awards The following list details the awards distributed at the eleventh annual Anthony Awards ceremony.
Novel award Winner: Mary Willis Walker, Under the Beetle's Cellar
Shortlist: Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote Barbara D'Amato, Hard Christmas Andrew Klavan, True Crime Bill Pronzini, Blue Lonesome
First novel award Winner: Virginia Lanier, Death in Bloodhound Red
Shortlist: Richard Barre, The Innocents G. M. Ford, Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? Charles Kenney, Hammurabi's Code Martha C. Lawrence, Murder in Scorpio
Paperback original award Winners: Harlan Coben, Deal Breaker
Shortlist: Eileen Dreyer, Bad Medicine Teri Holbrook, A Far and Deadly Cry Gloria White, Charged with Guilt Robert D. Zimmerman, Closet
Short story award Winner: Gar Anthony Haywood, "And Pray Nobody Sees You", from Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes
Shortlist: K.K. Beck, "Rule of Law", from Malice Domestic 4 Jean B. Cooper, "The Judge's Boy", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine August 1995 Bill Crider, "How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love, and Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo", from Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation Elizabeth Daniels Squire, "The Dog Who Remembered Too Much", from Malice Domestic 4
Critical / Non-fiction award Winner: Kate Stine, The Armchair Detective Book of Lists
Shortlist: Nicholas A. Basbanes, A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books Douglas G. Greene, John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles Robert Polito, Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson B.J. Rahn, Ngaio Marsh: The Woman and Her Work
True crime award Winner: Ann Rule, Dead By Sunset
Shortlist: Burl Barer, Man Overboard: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Pete Earley, Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, and Justice in a Southern Town T. J. English, Born to Kill
Short story collection / anthology award Winner: Marcia Muller, The McCone Files: The Complete Sharon McCone Stories
Shortlist: Martin H. Greenberg & Edward Gorman, Cat Crimes Takes A Vacation Carolyn G. Hart, Crimes Of The Heart Carolyn G. Hart, Malice Domestic 4 Paula L. Woods, Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes
Movie award Winner: The Usual Suspects
Shortlist: Copycat Devil in a Blue Dress Get Shorty Seven
Television series award Winner: The X-Files
Shortlist: Life on the Street Law & Order Murder One N.Y.P.D. Blue
Magazine award Winner: The Armchair Detective
Shortlist: Deadly Pleasures Drood Review Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Mystery Scene
Publisher award Winner: St. Martin's Press
Shortlist: Avon Mysterious Press Scribner's Walker Books
Editor award Winner: Sara Ann Freed
Shortlist: Marjorie Braman Carolyn Marino Kate Miciak Michael Seidman
Cover art award Winner: Pamela Patrick; for Jeanne Dams, The Body in the Transept
Shortlist: Fred George & Corsillo/Manzone; for John Dunning, The Bookman's Wake John Howard & Krystyna Skalski; for Bill Moody, Death of a Tenor Man FCL Colorspace & Richard Hasselberger; for Lynn Hightower, Flashpoint Earl Emerson; for his The Vanishing Smile
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