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 XXXVII and the 21st Anthony Awards ceremony.
Bouchercon The convention was held in Madison, Wisconsin on September 28, 2006; running until October 1. The event was chaired by Al Abramson.
Special Guests Lifetime Achievement award — Robert B. Parker Guest of Honor — M. C. Beaton American Guest of Honor — Nevada Barr Fan Guest of Honor — Jim Huang Toastmaster — William Kent Krueger Special Guest — Joseph Wambaugh
Anthony Awards The following list details the awards distributed at the twenty-first annual Anthony Awards ceremony.
Novel award Winner: William Kent Krueger, Mercy Falls
Shortlist: Jan Burke, Bloodlines Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer Thomas H. Cook, Red Leaves Laura Lippman, To the Power of Three
First novel award Winner: Chris Grabenstein, Tilt-a-Whirl
Shortlist: Megan Abbott, Die a Little Brian Freeman, Immoral Randall Hicks, The Baby Game Theresa Schwegel, Office Down
Paperback original award Winner: Reed Farrel Coleman, The James Deans
Shortlist: Allan Guthrie, Kiss Her Goodbye Charlie Huston, Six Bad Things Susan McBride, Good Girl's Guide to Murder P. J. Parrish, A Killing Rain
Short story award Winner: Barbara Seranella, "Misdirection", from Greatest Hits: Original Stories of Assassins, Hit Men and Hired Guns
Shortlist: Libby Fischer Hellmann, "House Rules", from Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation Nancy Pickard, "There is No Crime on Easter Island", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine September / October 2005 Marcia Talley, "Driven to Distraction", from Chesapeake Crimes II: 15 Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Elaine Viets, "Killer Blonde: A Dead-End Job Mystery", from Drop-Dead Blonde
Critical / Non-fiction award Winner: Marvin Lachman, The Heirs of Anthony Boucher
Shortlist: Hallie Ephron, Writing and Selling your Mystery Novel Stuart Kaminsky, Behind the Mystery Leslie Klinger, New Annotated Sherlock Holmes Melanie Rehak, Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women who Created Her
Fan publication award Winner: Jon Jordan & Ruth Jordan, Crimespree Magazine
Shortlist: George Easter, Deadly Pleasures Lynn Kaczmarek & Chris Aldrich, Mystery News Janet Rudolph, Mystery Readers Journal Brian Skupin & Kate Stine, Mystery Scene Magazine
Special service award Winner: Janet Rudolph, Mystery Readers International
Shortlist: George Easter, Deadly Pleasures Maddy Van Hertbruggen, 4 Mystery Addicts Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
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