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1997 Anthony Award
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 XXVIII and the 12th Anthony Awards ceremony. Bouchercon The convention was originally intended to be held in San Francisco, however this was changed to Monterey, California on October 30, 1997; running until the November 2. The event was chaired by Bruce Taylor, owner of "The San Francisco Mystery Bookstore"; and Bryan Barrett. The convention was financially successful, earning a net profit of . Special Guests *Lifetime achievement — Donald E. Westlake *Guest of Honor — Sara Paretsky *Special Guest of Honor (posthumously) — Ross Thomas *Fan Guest of Honor — Cap'n Bob Napier *Toastmaster — Julie Smith Anthony Awards The following list details the awards distributed at the twelf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monterey, California
Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under both Spain (1804–1821) and Mexico (1822–1846). During this period, Monterey hosted California's first theater, public building, public library, publicly-funded school, printing-press, and newspaper. It was originally the only port of entry for all taxable goods in California. In 1846, during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848, the United States Flag was raised over the Customs House. After Mexico ceded California to the U.S. at the end of the war, Monterey hosted California's first constitutional convention in 1849. The city occupies a land area of and the city hall is at above sea level. The 2020 census recorded a population of 30,218. Monterey and the surrounding area have attracted artists since the late 19th-century, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Grant (novelist)
Linda Grant (born 15 February 1951) is an English novelist and journalist. Early life Linda Grant was born in Liverpool. She was the oldest child of Benny Ginsberg, a businessman who made and sold hairdressing products, and Rose Haft; both parents had immigrant backgrounds – Benny's family was Polish-Jewish, Rose's Russian-Jewish – and they adopted the surname Grant in the early 1950s. She was educated at The Belvedere School, read English at the University of York (1972 to 1975), then completed an M.A. in English at McMaster University in Canada. She did post-graduate studies at Simon Fraser University. Career In 1985, Grant returned to England and became a journalist, working for ''The Guardian'', and eventually wrote her own column for eighteen months. She published her first book, a non-fiction work, ''Sexing the Millennium: A Political History of the Sexual Revolution'', in 1993. She wrote a personal memoir of her mother's fight with vascular dementia called ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 fictitious author Ellery Queen, who wrote novels and short stories about a fictional detective named Ellery Queen. From 1993, EQMM changed its cover title to be ''Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine'' (without the 's), but the table of contents still retains the full name. Background Ellery Queen was the pseudonym of the team of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, who had been writing under the name since 1929. ''EQMM'' was created to provide a market for mystery fiction above the common run of pulp crime magazines of the day. Dannay served as the magazine's editor-in-chief (although still under the name Ellery Queen) from its creation until his death in 1982, when managing editor Eleanor Sullivan succeeded to the post. Following her death in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Known for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), ''Playboy'' played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of ''Playboy'' are published worldwide, including those by licensees, such as Dirk Steenekamp's DHS Media Group. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular display of full-page c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan DuBois
Brendan DuBois is an American mystery fiction and suspense writer who has twice won a Shamus Award for Best Short Story of the Year. He also had his short story "The Dark Snow'" published in ''Best American Mystery Stories of the Century'', edited by Otto Penzler and Tony Hillerman (). Despite success in those primary genres, he is best known for his alternate history novel '' Resurrection Day'', which won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He was the champion on the September 28, 2012 episode of ''Jeopardy!'' and defeated the Beast on the February 24, 2015 episode of '' The Chase''. Bibliography Novels * '' Resurrection Day'' (1998) * ''Six Days'' (2001) * ''Betrayed'' (2003) * ''Final Winter'' (2006) * ''Twilight'' (aka ''Dead of Night'') (2007) * ''Amerikan Eagle'' (written as Alan Glenn) (2011) *''Night Road'' (2016) *''The Negotiator'' (2018) *''The First Lady'' (2018) *''The Cornwalls Are Gone'' (2019) written with James Patterson *''Blow Back'' (2022) written wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malice Domestic 5
Malice may refer to: Law * Malice (law), a legal term describing the intent to harm Entertainment Film and literature * ''Malice'' (1926 film), a 1926 German silent film directed by Manfred Noa * ''Malice'' (1993 film), a 1993 film starring Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman and Bill Pullman * ''Malice'', a novel by American romance author Danielle Steel * ''Malice'', a novel by Japanese author Keigo Higashino (first published as ''Akui'' in 1996) * ''Malice'' (series), a 2009 young adult novel series by Chris Wooding * Malice (comics), the name of four different Marvel Comics villains * "Malice" (''Stargate Universe''), a 2010 episode of ''Stargate Universe'' Music * Malice (British band), a UK punk rock group from Crawley, predecessor of The Cure * Malice (American band), an American heavy metal group * ''Malice'' (Through the Eyes of the Dead album), 2007 * ''Malice'' (Gehenna album), 1996 * No Malice (formerly Malice, born 1972), stage name of Gene Thornton, half of the hip-h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Wheat
Carolyn Wheat (born August 8, 1946) is an American mystery writer. Early life and education Wheat was born on August 8, 1946, in Green Bay, Wisconsin to librarian Mary (née Sensiba) and engineer Lawrence Wheat. She studied at the University of Toledo, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and a Juris Doctor in 1971. Career Wheat is the author of the Cass Jameson series of mystery novels. She was shortlisted for the 1984 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel for ''Dead Men's Thoughts''. In 1996 she won the Agatha Award for best short story for "Accidents Will Happen". That story was also won the 1997 Anthony Awards for best short story. She won the 1997 MacAvity Award for best mystery short story for "Cruel & Unusual" and was shortlisted in 2000 and 2003. Wheat teaches novel writing at the University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teri Holbrook
Teri Peitso-Holbrook (born Teri Jill Peitso) (Atlanta Native) is an American mystery writer living in Atlanta with her husband and two children. She is the author of four mysteries and has been nominated for several literary awards. She currently teaches at Georgia State University and is pursuing multimodal and digital writing. Since December 7, 1985, Holbrook has been married to Bill Holbrook. They have two daughters, Chandler and Haviland. Awards Holbrook's début novel, ''A Far and Deadly Cry'', was nominated for "Best Paperback Original" at the 1996 Anthony Awards and for the "Best First Novel" Agatha Award in the same year. The following year, her second novel, ''The Grass Widow'', was nominated for "Best Paperback Original" at the 1997 Anthony Awards, Barry Awards and the Edgar Awards The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben 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 twists. Among his novels are two series, each involving the same protagonist set in and around New York and New Jersey; some characters appear in both. Coben has won an Edgar Award, a Shamus Award, and an Anthony Award—the first author to receive all three. His books have been translated into 43 different languages and sold over 60 million copies. Early life and education Coben was born into a Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, and was raised in Livingston, where he graduated from Livingston High School, with his childhood friend, future governor Chris Christie. He studied political science at Amherst College, where he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, along with Dan Brown. Coben was in his senior year at college when he realized he wanted to writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline And Charles Todd
''Charles Todd'' is a pen name used by the American authors Caroline Todd and Charles Todd, who were mother and son. Caroline Todd was the pen name for Carolyn Watjen and Charles Todd is the pen name for her son David Watjen. Caroline Todd died on August 28, 2021, at age 86 from complications of a lung infection. Charles Todd lives in North Carolina. The authors are best known for a series of novels, set in post World War I England. The books deal with the cases of Inspector Ian Rutledge, a veteran of the European campaigns who is attempting to pick up the pieces of his Scotland Yard career. However, he must keep his greatest burden a secret: suffering from shell shock, he lives with the constant, cynical, taunting voice of Hamish MacLeod, a young Scots soldier he was forced to execute on the battlefield for refusing an order and moments before a shell from their own artillery buried Rutledge's regiment alive. Only Rutledge survived because of a small air pocket between his face a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McGarrity
Michael McGarrity (born 1940) is a New Mexican author and former law enforcement officer. He has written a dozen crime novels set in New Mexico and the American West trilogy, historical novels also set in New Mexico consisting of ''Hard Country'', ''Backlands'' and ''The Last Ranch''. As deputy sheriff of Santa Fe County he founded their sex crimes unit. Early life McGarrity attended the University of New Mexico for three years and graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor's degree with distinction in English and Psychology. He earned a Master's degree in clinical social work from the University of Iowa and is a graduate of the New Mexico Law Enforcement academy.Fauntleroy, Gussle (1995) "Public Works: State worker hits big time with sale of 2 novels" ''The Santa Fe New Mexican'' p. A-6, col. 1 Career Legal career and nonfiction writing In addition to law enforcement work, he has been an investigator and caseworker for the New Mexico Public Defender's Office. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somebody Else's Child (book)
Somebody Else's Child is a book written by Terris McMahan Grimes and published by Onyx on 1 March 1996 which later went on to win the Anthony Award 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. Among the m ... for Best Paperback Original in 1997 and tied for the Best First Novel in the same year. References Anthony Award-winning works Crime books 1996 books {{1990s-crime-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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