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 XXXIII and the 17th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

on October 17, 2002; running until the 20th. The event was chaired by owner of the "Crime and Space" mystery bookstore, Willie Siros; and Karen Meschke, both co-founders of the ''Alamo Literary Arts Maintenance Organization''.

Special Guests

*Guests of Honor —

Mary Willis Walker Mary Willis Walker (born May 24, 1942, Fox Point, Wisconsin) is an American crime fiction author. Life Walker graduated from Duke University in English and took up high school teaching. She married in 1967 to Lee Walker who became president of ...

George Pelecanos George P. Pelecanos (born February 18, 1957) is an American author. Many of his 20 books are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. He is also a film and television producer and a television writ ...

*Fan Guest of Honor —

Bill Crider Bill Crider (July 28, 1941 – February 12, 2018) was an American author of crime fiction among other work. Biography He received a Master of Arts degree at the University of North Texas, in Denton. Later, he taught English at Howard Payne Unive ...

*Fan Ghost of Honor —

Barry Gardner Barry Allan Gardner (born December 13, 1976, in Harvey, Illinois) is a former American football linebacker. Gardner was an eight-year veteran and played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Cleveland Browns, New York Jets, and New England Patriots. Gar ...

*Toastmaster — Sparkle Hayter

Anthony Awards

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

Novel award

Winner: *

Dennis Lehane Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including ''A Drink Before the War''. Of these, four were adapted a ...

, ''

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'' Shortlist: *

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, ...

, ''Flight'' *

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 a ...

, ''

Tell No One ''Tell No One'' (french: Ne le dis à personne) is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. Written by Canet and Philippe Lefebvre and starring François Cluzet, the ...

'' *

Rick Riordan Richard Russell Riordan Junior (; born June 5, 1964) is an American author, best known for writing the ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' series. Riordan's books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million co ...

, ''The Devil Went Down to Austin'' *

S. J. Rozan S. J. Rozan is an American architect and writer of detective fiction and thrillers, based in New York City. She also co-writes a paranormal thriller series under the pseudonym Sam Cabot with Carlos Dews. Life and career S.J. (Shira Judith) Roz ...

, ''Reflecting the Sky''

First novel award

Winner: *

C. J. Box Charles James Box Jr. (born 1958) is an American author of more than thirty novels. Box is the author of the Joe Pickett series, as well as several stand-alone novels, and a collection of short stories. The novels have been translated into 27 lan ...

, '' Open Season'' Shortlist: *K. J. Erickson, ''Third Person Singular'' *Jan Grape, ''Austin City Blue'' *

Denise Hamilton Denise Hamilton is an American crime novelist, journalist and editor of the Edgar award-winning anthologies ''Los Angeles Noir'' and ''Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics''. Hamilton's five Eve Diamond crime novels have been short-listed for many awa ...

, ''The Jasmine Trade'' *

Andy Straka Andy Straka (born September 29, 1958) is a Shamus Award-winning American crime novelist. Born and raised in upstate New York and a graduate of Williams College, he worked in publishing and medical sales for nearly fifteen years before turning to ...

, ''A Witness Above''

Paperback original award

Winner: *

Charlaine Harris Charlaine Harris Schulz (born November 25, 1951) is an American author who specializes in Mystery fiction, mysteries. She is best known for her book series ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', which was adapted as the TV series ''True Blood''. The ...

, ''

Dead Until Dark ''Dead Until Dark'', published in 2001, is the first novel in Charlaine Harris' series ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries''. It was adapted into ''True Blood'' first season. ''Dead Until Dark'', like the rest of the series, is narrated by Sookie ...

'' Shortlist: *

Jeff Abbott Jeff Abbott (born 1963) is a U.S. suspense novelist. He has degrees in History and English from Rice University. He lives in Austin, Texas. Before writing full-time, he was a creative director at an advertising agency. His early novels were trad ...

, ''A Kiss Gone Bad'' * Jerrilyn Farmer, ''Dim Sum Dead'' *P. J. Parrish, ''Dead of Winter'' *Daniel Stashower, ''The Houdini Specter''

Short story award

Winner: * Bill and Judy Crider, "Chocolate Moose", from '' Death Dines at 8:30'' Shortlist: *Ted Hertel Jr., "My Bonnie Lies...", from ''The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers'' *Rochelle Krich, "Bitter Waters", from ''Criminal Kabbalah: An Intriguing Anthology of Jewish Mystery & Detective Fiction'' *

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 ...

, "Virgo in Sapphires", 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 ...

'' December 2001 *

, "Double-Crossing Delancy", from ''Mystery Street''

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner: *

Tony Hillerman Anthony Grove Hillerman (May 27, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works, best known for his mystery novels featuring Navajo Nation Police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Several of his work ...

, '' Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir'' Shortlist: *

Max Allan Collins Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is an American mystery writer, noted for his graphic novels. His work has been published in several formats and his ''Road to Perdition'' series was the basis for a film of the same name. He wrote the '' Di ...

, ''The History of Mystery'' *Jo Hammett, ''Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers'' *G. Miki Hayden, ''Writing The Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional'' * Jeffrey Marks, ''Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice: The Queen of Screwball Mystery''

Young adult award

Winner: * Penny Warner, '' The Mystery of the Haunted Caves'' Shortlist: *Michael Dahl, ''The Viking Claw'' *Harriet R. Feder, ''Death on Sacred Ground'' *Peni Griffin, ''Ghost Sitter'' *Jeri Fink & Donna Paltrowitz, ''Matthew's Web''

Cover art award

Winner: * Josef Beck & Michael Storrings; for

, '' Reflecting the Sky'' Shortlist: *Glenn Harrington; for

Carole Nelson Douglas Carole Nelson Douglas (November 15, 1944 – October 20, 2021) was an American writer of sixty novels and many short stories. She has written in many genres, but is best known for two popular mystery series, the ''Irene Adler'' Sherlockian suspe ...

, ''Chapel Noir'' *Annie Sperling; for Kit Sloane, ''Grape Noir'' *Teresa Fasolino; for Rosemary Stevens, ''The Tainted Snuff Box'' *John Warden & Anthony Ramondo; for Michael McGarrity, ''Under the Color of Law''

Special service award

Winner: * Doris Ann Norris Shortlist: ''No shortlist released''

References

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