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Bouchercon XXVII - Wikipedia

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Bouchercon XXVI

"Capitol Crimes"

Date

October 10, 1996

Location

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Country

USA

Hosted by

Dennis Armstrong, Bruce Southworth

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Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction.^[1] 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.^[2] This page details Bouchercon XXVII and the 11th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota on October 10, 1996; running until the 13th. The event was chaired by Dennis Armstrong and freelance book reviewer Bruce Southworth. Armstrong was working for the local "Once Upon a Crime" book-store at the time and was allowed to take time off work to organise the event.^[3]^[4]

Special Guests

Guest of Honor — Mary Higgins Clark
Fan Guest of Honor — Ellen Nehr
Toastmaster — Jeremiah Healy

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the eleventh annual Anthony Awards ceremony.^[5]

Novel award

Winner:

Mary Willis Walker, Under the Beetle's Cellar

Shortlist:

Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote
Barbara D'Amato, Hard Christmas
Andrew Klavan, True Crime
Bill Pronzini, Blue Lonesome

First novel award

Winner:

Virginia Lanier, Death in Bloodhound Red

Shortlist:

Richard Barre, The Innocents
G. M. Ford, Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?
Charles Kenney, Hammurabi's Code
Martha C. Lawrence, Murder in Scorpio

Paperback original award

Winners:

Harlan Coben, Deal Breaker

Shortlist:

Eileen Dreyer, Bad Medicine
Teri Holbrook, A Far and Deadly Cry
Gloria White, Charged with Guilt
Robert D. Zimmerman, Closet

Short story award

Winner:

Gar Anthony Haywood, "And Pray Nobody Sees You", from Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes

Shortlist:

K.K. Beck, "Rule of Law", from Malice Domestic 4
Jean B. Cooper, "The Judge's Boy", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine August 1995
Bill Crider, "How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love, and Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo", from Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation
Elizabeth Daniels Squire, "The Dog Who Remembered Too Much", from Malice Domestic 4

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:

Kate Stine, The Armchair Detective Book of Lists

Shortlist:

Nicholas A. Basbanes, A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
Douglas G. Greene, John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles
Robert Polito, Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson
B.J. Rahn, Ngaio Marsh: The Woman and Her Work

True crime award

Winner:

Ann Rule, Dead By Sunset

Shortlist:

Burl Barer, Man Overboard: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne
John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
Pete Earley, Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, and Justice in a Southern Town
T. J. English, Born to Kill

Short story collection / anthology award

Winner:

Marcia Muller, The McCone Files: The Complete Sharon McCone Stories

Shortlist:

Martin H. Greenberg & Edward Gorman, Cat Crimes Takes A Vacation
Carolyn G. Hart, Crimes Of The Heart
Carolyn G. Hart, Malice Domestic 4
Paula L. Woods, Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes

Movie award

Winner:

The Usual Suspects

Shortlist:

Television series award

Winner:

The X-Files

Shortlist:

Magazine award

Winner:

The Armchair Detective

Shortlist:

Deadly Pleasures
Drood Review
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Mystery Scene

Publisher award

Winner:

St. Martin's Press

Shortlist:

Avon
Mysterious Press
Scribner's
Walker Books

Editor award

Winner:

Sara Ann Freed

Shortlist:

Marjorie Braman
Carolyn Marino
Kate Miciak
Michael Seidman

Cover art award

Winner:

Pamela Patrick; for Jeanne Dams, The Body in the Transept

Shortlist:

Fred George & Corsillo/Manzone; for John Dunning, The Bookman's Wake
John Howard & Krystyna Skalski; for Bill Moody, Death of a Tenor Man
FCL Colorspace & Richard Hasselberger; for Lynn Hightower, Flashpoint
Earl Emerson; for his The Vanishing Smile

References

^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Home". Bouchercon.info. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
^ Jacobsen, Teresa (November 4, 2010). "Bouchercon 2010 by the Bay: The World Series of Mystery". Libraryjournal.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
^ Lachman, Marvin (August 30, 2005). The Heirs of Anthony Boucher - Marvin Lachman - Google Books. ISBN 9781615952861. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
^ "Crime spree in St. Paul; Mystery convention to host authors and fans. | Goliath Business News". Goliath.ecnext.com. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.

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