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2007 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 XXXVIII and the 22nd Anthony Awards ceremony. Bouchercon The convention was held in Madison, Wisconsin on September 27, 2007; running until the 30th. The event was chaired by authors and members of ''Alaska Sisters in Crime'', Dana Stabenow, Dee Ford and Kimberley Gray. Special Guests *Lifetime Achievement award — James Sallis *Special Guest of Honor — Diana Gabaldon *American Guest of Honor — Thomas Perry *Fan Guest of Honor — Barbara Peters Anthony Awards The following list details the awards distributed at the twenty-second annual Anthony Awards ceremony. Novel award Winner: *Laura Lippman, '' No Good Deeds'' Shortlist: *Jan Burke, ''Kidnapped'' *Denise Mina, ''The Dead Hour'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Matanuska-Susitna Borough, had a population of 398,328 in 2020, accounting for more than half the state's population. At of land area, the city is the fourth-largest by area in the United States and larger than the smallest state, Rhode Island, which has . Anchorage is in Southcentral Alaska, at the terminus of the Cook Inlet, on a peninsula formed by the Knik Arm to the north and the Turnagain Arm to the south. In September 1975, the City of Anchorage merged with the Greater Anchorage Area Borough, creating the Municipality of Anchorage. The municipal city limits span , encompassing the urban core, a joint military base, several outlying communities, and almost all of Chugach State Park. Because of this, less than 10% of the Municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Burke
Jan Burke (born August 1, 1953) is an American author of novels and short stories. She is a winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the Agatha for Best Short Story, the Macavity, and Ellery Queen Readers Award. Bio Burke was born August 1, 1953, in Houston, Texas, but has lived in Southern California most of her life. She attended California State University, Long Beach, and graduated with a degree in history. She is a distinguished alumna of CSULB. She worked as a researcher on an oral history project interviewing "Rosie the Riveters." Later she became the manager of a manufacturing plant for a large corporation. She completed her first novel, ''Goodnight, Irene'', in the evenings after work. It was sold unagented and unsolicited to Simon & Schuster. She received a surprising boost from a new fan when, during his first White House interview after taking office, President Bill Clinton said he was reading ''Goodnight, Irene''. Her books have been on bestseller lists of the ''Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fate
Robert Fate (born Robert Fate Bealmear, 1935) is an American author, best known for the ''Baby Shark'' series of mystery novels. Born in 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Fate joined the US Marine Corps after High School. He used his GI Bill to go to schools in the US as well as the Sorbonne in Paris. Before becoming a writer he worked in various fields and won an Oscar for his work in motion picture special effects Awards For the ''Baby Shark'' series * 2008 Anthony award Finalist *Book of the Year Finalist, Foreword Magazine *Editor's Choice Award Finalist, Allbooks Review *Optioned by Brad Wyman Brad Hibbs Wyman (born May 13, 1963) is an American film producer, best known for producing '' Monster'' (2003). His first film was ''White of the Eye'', and later worked on ''Freeway'', ''Trees Lounge'', ''The Dark Backward'', '' The Chase'', a ... Bibliography *''Baby Shark'' (2006) *''Baby Shark’s Beaumont Blues'' (2007) *''Baby Shark’s High Plains Redemption'' (2008) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Doolittle (author)
Sean Doolittle (1971 Nebraska-) is an American author of crime and suspense fiction. Career Born and raised in southeastern Nebraska, Doolittle began publishing short stories in small press horror magazines and commercial anthologies while attending college at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Doolittle's first novel, '' Dirt'' (UglyTown, 2001), shifted into crime fiction and appeared at #83 in the extended Amazon's Best Books of the Year listing (Top 100 Editors Picks, 2001). His second novel, '' Burn'' (UglyTown, 2003), was reprinted in paperback by Random House/Bantam Dell. Bantam Dell went on to publish Doolittle's next four crime novels, which garnered critical praise from ''The New York Times'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Chicago Sun-Times'', and ''People'', among other publications, as well as from respected authors in the genre. Doolittle's books have been translated in Brazil, France, The Netherlands, and Poland. Novels * ''Dirt'' (U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashes And Bones
Ashes may refer to: *Ash, the solid remnants of fires. Media and entertainment Art * ''Ashes'' (Munch), an 1894 painting by Edvard Munch Film * ''The Ashes'' (film), a 1965 Polish film by director Andrzej Wajda * ''Ashes'' (1922 film), an American silent film * ''Ashes'', a 2010 film by director Ajay Naidu * ''Ashes'' (2012 film), a British thriller * ''Ashes'' (1916), American short silent film directed by Robert F. Hill and John McDermott Literature * ''Ashes'' ( pl, Popioły, links=no), a 1904 novel by Polish writer Stefan Żeromski * ''Ashes'' ( it, Cenere, links=no), a 1904 novel by Italian writer Grazia Deledda * ''Ashes'' ( ja, 煤煙, translit=Bō no Kanashimi, links=no), a 2003 novel by Japanese writer Kenzo Kitakata * ''Ashes: Poems New & Old'', a 1979 book by Philip Levine * "Ashes", a 1924 short story by C. M. Eddy, Jr. * ''Ashes'', book 1 of the ASHES trilogy by Ilsa J. Bick * ''Ashes'', a thirty-five volume series of novels by William W. Johnstone Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Cameron
Dana Cameron (born 1965) is an American Archaeology, archaeologist, and author of award-winning crime fiction and urban fantasy. Life and career Born and raised in Massachusetts, Dana Cameron began her professional career as an Historical archaeology, historical archaeologist specializing in British and New England cultural history from 1607–1760. She presently lives in Beverly, Massachusetts. Her archaeological training and experiences in the field led her to write fiction; the first of six archaeology mysteries was published in 2002. The novels feature amateur sleuth Professor Emma Fielding and all are set in fictional towns in New England, with the exception of ''Grave Consequences'', which takes place in a fictional town in the southeast of England. Each novel features some aspect of archaeological research and considers how the past and the present are enmeshed. One Emma Fielding short story, “Mischief in Mesopotamia”, was published in ''Ellery Queen Mystery Magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Harrowing (novel)
''The Harrowing'' is a horror novel by Alexandra Sokoloff. It was first published in 2006 by St. Martin's Press St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under si ..., and is the author's debut book, following a screenwriting career. According to Sokoloff's website, she was inspired to write the novel because of her experiences teaching to troubled teenagers in the Los Angeles County prison system. ''The Harrowing'' was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. The story follows a group of five troubled teenagers, all college students, who decide to stay behind in their creepy dorm rather than go to their dysfunctional homes for the Thanksgiving holiday. But after playing around with a Ouija board they realize that there is a presence lurking in the house with them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Sokoloff
Alexandra Sokoloff is an American novelist and screenwriter, and the author of the Thriller award-nominated Huntress/FBI series, following a haunted FBI agent on the hunt for a female serial killer (''Huntress Moon'', ''Blood Moon'', ''Cold Moon'', published by Thomas & Mercer in 2015). Career Her first novel, ''The Harrowing'', was published by St. Martin's Press in 2006. Her second novel, ''The Price,'' was published by St. Martin's in 2007, her third, ''The Unseen'', in 2009, her fourth, "Book of Shadows", in 2010. She is a Bram Stoker and Anthony award nominee and a Thriller award winner, and the co-author of the paranormal mystery romance series "The Keepers". Her short story "The Edge of Seventeen" was the recipient of a 2009 International Thriller Writers Award. She also co-wrote the screenplay for the psychological thriller ''Cold Kisses'', and two books on story structure, "Story Structure" and "Writing Love", based on her ''Screenwriting Tricks for Authors'' workshops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes On The Range
''Holmes on the Range'' (born February 7, 2006 in St. Martin's Minotaur) is the debut novel from Steve Hockensmith and introduced the characters of Gustav "Old Red" Amlingmeyer and his younger brother Otto "Big Red" Amlingmeyer. Mr. Hockensmith was a finalist for the Edgar Award for this novel. Plot summary In 1892, cowboy Gustav "Old Red" Amlingmeyer listens to a Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ... story " The Red-Headed League" read by his younger brother Otto "Big Red" Amlingmeyer while on a cattle drive, and decides to follow in his new hero's footsteps by using logic and observation to solve mysteries. Unfortunately for him, cowboys do not often stumble on to mysteries and he practices his craft until the pair are hired by a ranch to perform m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
