- Source: Bouchercon XLIV
Bouchercon 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; also the inspiration for the Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986. This page details Bouchercon XLIV and the 2013 Anthony Awards ceremony.
Bouchercon
The convention was held at Albany, New York from 19–23 September 2013. The event was chaired by Al Abramson.
= Special guests
=Lifetime Achievement: Sue Grafton
International Guest of Honor: Anne Perry
American Guest of Honor: Tess Gerritsen
Toastmaster: Steve Hamilton
Fan Guests of Honor: Chris Aldrich & Lynn Kaczmarek
The David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award: Marv Lachman
Anthony Awards
The following list details the awards distributed at the 2013 annual Anthony Awards ceremony.
= Best Novel
=Winner:
Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery
Shortlist:
Megan Abbott, Dare Me
Sean Chercover, The Trinity Game
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Hank Phillippi Ryan, The Other Woman
= Best First Novel
=Winner:
Chris Pavone, The Expats
Shortlist:
Daniel Friedman, Don’t Ever Get Old
Owen Laukkanen - The Professionals
Matthew Quirk - The 500
Michael Sears, Black Fridays
= Best Paperback Original
=Winner:
Johnny Shaw, Big Maria
Shortlist:
Lou Berney, Whiplash River
Joelle Charbonneau, Murder for Choir
Alison Gaylin, And She Was
Malla Nunn, Blessed are the Dead
= Best Short Story
=Winner:
Dana Cameron, "Mischief in Mesopotamia" from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Shortlist:
Sheila Connolly, "Kept in the Dark" from Best New England Crime Stories: Blood Moon
Barb Goffman, "The Lord is My Shamus" from Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder
Todd Robinson, "Peaches" from Grift, Spring 2012
Karin Slaughter, "The Unremarkable Heart" from Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance
= Best Critical Non-fiction Work
=Winner:
John Connolly and Declan Burke, Books to Die For: The World’s Greatest Mystery Writers on the World’s Greatest Mystery Novels
Shortlist:
Joseph Goodrich, Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950
D.P. Lyle, M.D., More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered
Mathew Prichard, The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie
Otto Penzler, In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero
External links
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