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 way ...

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'' Films * ''Mystery'' (2012 film), a 2012 Chinese drama film * ''Mystery'' ( ...

and

detective fiction Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as s ...

. 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 d ...

; 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. Among the m ...

, which have been issued at the convention since 1986. This page details Bouchercon XXI and the 5th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in

London, England London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s ...

on September 21, 1990; running until the 23rd. The event was chaired by Marion & Robin Richmond, owners of Scottish book-store Ming Books, known for having the largest stock of crime fiction in the UK.

Special Guests

*Lifetime Achievement award —

Michael Gilbert Michael Francis Gilbert (17 July 1912 – 8 February 2006) was an English solicitor and author of crime fiction. Early life and education Gilbert was born on 17 July 1912 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England to Bernard Samuel Gilbert, a writ ...

*Guest of Honor —

P.D. James Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring t ...

*Fan Guest of Honor — Robert Adey *Toastmaster —

Sue Grafton Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" (''"A" Is for Alibi'', etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fic ...

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the fifth annual Anthony Awards ceremony.

Novel award

Winner: *

Sarah Caudwell Sarah Caudwell was the pseudonym of Sarah Cockburn (/ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn; 27 May 1939 – 28 January 2000), a British barrister and writer of detective stories. She is best known for a series of four murder stories written between 1980 and ...

, ''

The Sirens Sang of Murder The Sirens Sang of Murder () is a book written by Sarah Caudwell and published by Delacorte Press (owned by Random House) on 1 October 1989 which later went on to win the Anthony Award The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writer ...

'' Shortlist: *Susan Dunlap, ''Pious Deception'' * Carolyn G. Hart, ''A Little Class On Murder'' *

Margaret Maron Margaret Maron (''née'' Brown; August 25, 1938 – February 23, 2021) was an American writer, the author of award-winning mystery novels. Biography Maron was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and grew up in central Johnston County; she had al ...

, ''Corpus Christmas''

First novel award

Winner: *

Karen Kijewski Karen Kijewski (pronounced ''key-EFF-ski'') (born 1943) is an American writer of mystery novels, known for her Kat Colorado series. Biography Kijewski was born in Berkeley, California, the daughter of University of California, Berkeley professor ...

, ''

Katwalk Katwalk () is a book written by Karen Kijewski and published by St. Martin's Press (owned by Macmillan Publishers with parent company Holtzbrinck Publishing Group), which later went on to win the Anthony Award The Anthony Awards are literary ...

'' Shortlist: * Jill Churchill, ''Grime and Punishment'' *Melodie Johnson Howe, ''The Mother Shadow'' *Edith Skom, ''The Mark Twain Murders'' *Susan Wolfe, ''The Last Billable Hour''

Paperback original award

Winner: * Carolyn G. Hart, ''

Honeymoon with Murder Honeymoon with Murder () is a book written by Carolyn Hart and published by Bantam Books (now owned by Penguin Random House) on 1 December 1988 which later went on to win the Anthony Award The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writ ...

'' Shortlist: *Malacai Black, ''On My Honor'' * D.R. Meredith, ''Murder By Deception'' *

Keith Peterson Alan Keith Peterson (born February 2, 1956) was born in Whitehorse, Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada and lives in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. He was the ember of the Nunavut MLAfor the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Cambridg ...

, ''Rough Justice'' *Deborah Valentine, ''A Collector of Photographs''

Short story award

Winner: *

Nancy Pickard Nancy Pickard (born September 19, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American crime novelist. She has won five Macavity Awards, four Agatha Awards, an Anthony Award, and a Shamus Award. She is the only author to win all four awards. She also se ...

, "Afraid all the Time", from ''

Sisters in Crime Sisters in Crime is an organization that has 4,500 members in 60+ regional chapters worldwide, offering networking, advice and support to mystery authors. Members are authors, readers, publishers, agents, booksellers and librarians bound by their ...

'' Shortlist: *Susan Dunlap, "No Safety", from ''Sisters in Crime'' *

Sharyn McCrumb Sharyn McCrumb (born February 26, 1948) is an American writer whose books celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia. McCrumb is the winner of numerous literary awards, and the author of the Elizabeth McPherson mystery series, the Ballad ...

, "A Wee Doch and Doris", from ''Mistletoe Mysteries'' *Shelly Singer, "A Terrible Thing", from ''Sisters in Crime''

Movie award

Winner: *''

Crimes and Misdemeanors ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'' is a 1989 American existential comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, who stars alongside Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Orbach, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston, and Joanna Gleason. The fil ...

'' Shortlist: ''No shortlist released''

Television series award

Winner: *''

Inspector Morse Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, GM, is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series ''Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000), ...

'' Shortlist: ''No shortlist released''

References

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