Bouchercon is an annual
convention of creators and devotees of
mystery and
detective fiction
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. It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editor
Anthony Boucher; 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.
Categori ...
, which have been issued at the convention since 1986. This article details Bouchercon XX and the 4th Anthony Awards ceremony.
Bouchercon
The convention was held in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, on October 6, 1989; running until the 8th. The event was chaired by Deen Kogan and Jay Kogan, founders of the
Society Hill playhouse.
Special guests
*Lifetime Achievement award —
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
*Guest of Honor —
Simon Brett
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*Fan Guests of Honor —
William F. Deeck and
Linda Toole
*Toastmaster — Bruce Taylor
*Distinguished Contribution award —
Joan Kahn
Anthony Awards
The following list details the awards distributed at the fourth annual Anthony Awards ceremony.
Novel award
Winner:
*
Thomas Harris
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, ''
The Silence of the Lambs''
Shortlist:
*
Dorothy Cannell, ''The Widows Club''
*
Sue Grafton
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, ''
"E" Is for Evidence''
*
Tony Hillerman
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, ''
A Thief of Time''
*
Sara Paretsky, ''
Blood Shot''
*Nancy Picard, ''Dead Crazy''
*
Bill Pronzini, ''Shackles''
*
Les Roberts, ''Pepper Pike''
First novel award
Winner:
*
Elizabeth George, ''
A Great Deliverance''
Shortlist:
*Mary Lou Bennett, ''Murder Once Done''
*
Caroline Graham, ''
The Killings at Badger's Drift''
*Linda Grant, ''Random Access Murder''
*Gar Anthony Haywood, ''Fear of the Dark''
*
David Stout, ''
Carolina Skeletons''
Paperback original award
Winner:
*
Carolyn G. Hart
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, ''
Something Wicked''
Shortlist:
*
Michael Avallone, ''High Noon at Midnight''
*P.M. Carlson, ''Murder Unrenovated''
*
David Handler, ''The Man Who Died Laughing''
*
Lia Matera, ''A Radical Departure''
*
Sharyn McCrumb, ''Paying the Piper''
*
D.R. Meredith, ''Murder by Impulse''
*Marilyn Wallace, ''Primary Target''
References
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Anthony Awards
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1989 in Pennsylvania