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
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** Treaty, an agreement in international law
* Convention (meeting), meeting of a (usually large) group of individuals and/or companies in a ...
of creators and devotees of
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; also the inspiration for the
Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986. This page details Bouchercon XIX and the 3rd Anthony Awards ceremony.
Bouchercon
The convention was held in
San Diego, California on October 7, 1988; running until the 9th. The event was chaired by Phyllis Brown, of local mystery bookshop "Grounds For Murder", and Ray Hardy.
Special Guests
*Guest of Honor —
Charlotte MacLeod
Charlotte MacLeod (November 12, 1922 – January 14, 2005) was a Canadian-American mystery fiction writer.
Life and work
Charlotte Matilda MacLeod was born in 1922 in Bath, New Brunswick, Canada, but emigrated to the United States in 1923 and b ...
*Fan Guest of Honor —
Bruce Taylor
*Toastmaster —
Robert Barnard
Anthony Awards
The following list details the awards distributed at the third annual Anthony Awards ceremony.
Novel award
Winner:
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Tony Hillerman, ''
Skinwalkers''
Shortlist:
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Linda Barnes, ''A Trouble of Fools''
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Aaron Elkins
Aaron Elkins (born July 24, 1935 in Brooklyn) is an American mystery writer. He is best known for his series of novels featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver—the 'skeleton detective'.
Biography
Elkins's father was a machinist, his ...
, ''Old Bones''
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Elizabeth Peters, ''Trojan Gold''
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Nancy Pickard, ''Marriage is Murder''
First novel award
Winner:
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Gillian Roberts Gillian may refer to:
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* Gillian Settlement, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
People
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, ''
Caught Dead in Philadelphia
Caught Dead in Philadelphia () is a book written by Gillian Roberts and published by Scribner Press - now owned by Simon & Schuster (''originally by Fawcett Publications'') - on 16 October 1987 which later went on to win the Anthony Award
The ...
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Shortlist:
*Michael Allegretto, ''Death on the Rocks''
*Robert J. Bowman, ''The House of Blue Lights''
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Mary Monica Pulver
Margaret Frazer, born Gail Lynn Brown (November 26, 1946 – February 4, 2013), was an American historical novelist, best known for more than twenty historical mystery novels and a variety of short stories. The pen name was originally shared by F ...
, ''Murder at the War: A Modern-Day Mystery With a Medieval Setting''
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Les Roberts, ''An Infinite Number of Monkeys''
Paperback original award
Winner:
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Robert Crais
Robert Crais (pronounced ) (born June 20, 1953) is an American author of detective fiction. Crais began his career writing scripts for television shows such as '' Hill Street Blues'', '' Cagney & Lacey'', '' Quincy'', '' Miami Vice'' and '' L.A. ...
, ''
The Monkey's Raincoat''
Shortlist:
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Lilian Jackson Braun, ''
The Cat Who Played Brahms''
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Carolyn G. Hart
Carolyn Hart (also known as Carolyn G. Hart) is a mystery and suspense writer. She is the author of 63 books, including the Death on Demand, Henrie O and Bailey Ruth series. In 2014, she was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. ...
, ''Death on Demand''
*Conrad Haynes, ''Bishop's Gambit, Declined''
*Lia Matera, ''Where Lawyers Fear to Tread''
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Sharyn McCrumb, ''
Bimbos of the Death Sun
''Bimbos of the Death Sun'' is a 1987 mystery novel by Sharyn McCrumb.
Plot summary
The novel takes place at Rubicon, a fictional science fiction convention being held in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, and at which the guests of honor ...
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Short story award
Winner:
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Robert Barnard, "Breakfast Television", from ''
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' January 1987
Shortlist:
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Max Allan Collins, "Scrap", from ''The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction''
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Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...
, "Soft Monkey", from ''Mystery Scene Reader: A Special Tribute to John D. MacDonald''
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Ed Gorman, "Turn Away", from ''The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction''
*Joyce Harrington, "The Au Pair Girl", from ''A Matter Of Crime''
Movie award
Winner:
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Shortlist:
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Black Widow
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Spiders
* Black widow spider, a common name for some species of spiders in the genus ''Latrodectus''
American species
* ''Latrodectus apicalis'', the Galapagos black widow
* ''Latrodectus curacaviensis'', the South Amer ...
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Fatal Attraction
''Fatal Attraction'' is a 1987 American psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film '' Diversion''. Starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer, the film centers ...
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No Way Out''
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RoboCop
''RoboCop'' is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferre ...
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Stakeout
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Television series award
Winner:
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Mystery!''
Shortlist:
*''
The Equalizer
''The Equalizer'' is an American spy thriller multimedia franchise initially co-created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim, and originating with a CBS television series from 1985 to 1989, starring Edward Woodward. The concept was thereafte ...
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Murder She Wrote''
*''Private Eye''
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Wiseguy''
References
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1988 in California