Bouchercon_XLIV Knowpia

Bouchercon XLIV
Bouchercon XLIV
"a New York State of crime…"
Date	September 19, 2013
Location	Albany, NY
Country	USA
Hosted by	Al Abramson

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.^[1]

Bouchercon edit

The convention was held at Albany, New York from 19–23 September 2013. The event was chaired by Al Abramson.

Special guests edit

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 edit

The following list details the awards distributed at the 2013 annual Anthony Awards ceremony.^[2]

Best Novel edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Official Website

References edit

^ "Past Bouchercons". Bouchercon. August 10, 2015. Archived from the original on June 10, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
^ "Winners and Nominees". Bouchercon. August 10, 2015. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2017.