Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of

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and

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. 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 XXXII and the 16th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in

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on November 1, 2001; running until the 4th. The event was chaired by

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of "science and policy" at the National Alliance for Hispanic Health Adolph P. Falcón; and William L. Starck, of NACO, the

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co-operative.

Special Guests

*Lifetime Achievement award —

Edward D. Hoch Edward Dentinger Hoch (February 22, 1930 – January 17, 2008) was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories. Biography Hoch (pronounced ...

*American Guest of Honor —

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 ...

*International Guest of Honor —

Peter Lovesey Peter (Harmer) Lovesey (born 1936), also known by his pen name Peter Lear, is a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detec ...

*Fan Guests of Honor — Lew Buckingham & Nancy Buckingham *Toastmaster —

Michael Connelly Michael Joseph Connelly (born July 21, 1956) is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. Connelly is the bes ...

Anthony Awards

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

Novel award

Winner: *

Val McDermid Valarie "Val" McDermid, (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill in a grim sub-genre that McDermid and others have identified as Tartan Noir. Biography ...

, ''

A Place of Execution ''A Place of Execution'' is a crime novel by Val McDermid, first published in 1999. The novel won the ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize, the 2001 Dilys Award, was shortlisted for both the Gold Dagger and the Edgar Award, and was chosen by ''The ...

'' Shortlist: *

Nevada Barr Nevada Barr (born March 1, 1952) is an American author of mystery fiction. She is known for her Anna Pigeon series, which is primarily set in a series of national parks and other protected areas of the United States. Early life Although Barr w ...

, ''Deep South'' * Joe R. Lansdale, ''The Bottoms'' *

Marcia Muller Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944) is an American author of fictional mystery and thriller novels. Muller has written many novels featuring her ''Sharon McCone'' female private detective character. ''Vanishing Point'' won the Shamus Awar ...

, ''Listen to the Silence'' *

Elizabeth Peters Barbara Louise Mertz (September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013) was an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the Univers ...

, ''

He Shall Thunder in the Sky ''He Shall Thunder in the Sky'' (2000) (also published as ''Thunder in the Sky'') is the 12th in a series of historical mystery novels by Elizabeth Peters, featuring fictional archaeologist and sleuth Amelia Peabody. Plot The novel takes place ...

'' * Charles Todd, ''Legacy of the Dead''

First novel award

Winner: *

Qiu Xiaolong Qiu Xiaolong (, Chinese pronunciation /tɕʰjoʊː ˌɕjɑʊˈlʊŋ/, American English pronunciation ; born Shanghai, China, 1953) is a crime novelist, English-language poet, literary translator, critic, and academic, who has lived for many y ...

, '' Death of a Red Heroine'' Shortlist: * Stephen Booth, ''Black Dog'' * David Liss, '' A Conspiracy of Paper'' * Scott Phillips, ''

The Ice Harvest ''The Ice Harvest'' is a 2005 American neo-noir black comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, written by Richard Russo and Robert Benton, based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Scott Phillips and starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, and ...

'' * Bob Truluck, ''Street Level'' *

Douglas E. Winter Douglas E. Winter (born October 30, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American writer, critic and lawyer. Winter grew up in Granite City, Illinois. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1975 and became a lawyer in Washington, DC, currently w ...

, ''Run''

Paperback original award

Winner: * Kate Grilley, '' Death Dances to a Reggae Beat'' Shortlist: * Katy Munger, ''Bad to the Bone'' *

Daniel Stashower Daniel Stashower is an American author and editor of mystery fiction and historical nonfiction. He lives in Maryland. Awards and honors Stashower has received awards and recognition for several of his works. Fiction The mystery novel '' The Adv ...

, ''The Floating Lady Murder'' *Chassie L. West, ''Killing Kin'' * Laura Wilson, ''A Little Death'' * Eric Wright, ''The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn''

Short story award

Winner: *

, "The Problem of the Potting Shed", from ''

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 fict ...

'' July 2000 Shortlist: * Rhys Bowen, "The Seal of the Confessional", from ''Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist'' *Rochelle Krich, "Widow's Peak", from ''Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist'' * Donald Olson, "Don't Go Upstairs", from ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' August 2000 * Peter Robinson, "Missing in Action", from ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' November 2000

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner: * Jim Huang, ''100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century'' Shortlist: *Matthew Bunson, ''The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia'' *Martha Hailey DuBose, ''Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists'' *Marvin Lachman, ''The American Regional Mystery'' *Erin A. Smith, ''Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers and Pulp Magazines''

Short story collection / anthology award

Winner: *

Lawrence Block Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Mas ...

, ''Master's Choice II'' Shortlist: *Joan Hess, ''Malice Domestic 9'' * Jeffrey Marks, ''Magnolias and Mayhem'' *Serita Stevens, ''Unholy Orders'' *Carolyn Wheat, ''Tales out of School''

Fan publication award

Winner: * Chris Aldrich & Lynn Kaczmarek, '' Mystery News'' Shortlist: *George Easter, ''Deadly Pleasures'' *Jim Huang, ''The Drood Review of Mystery'' *Sue Feder, ''Murder: Past Tense'' *Janet Rudolph, ''

Mystery Readers Journal Mystery Readers International is a fan/reader organization open to all readers, fans, critics, editors, publishers, and writers of Mystery fiction. It was founded by Janet A. Rudolph in Berkeley, California. It publishes the ''Mystery Readers Jo ...

References

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