Bouchercon XXIII

Bouchercon XXIII
Date	October 8, 1992
Location	Toronto
Country	Canada
Host	Al Navis

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 XXIII and the 7th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Toronto, Canada on October 8, 1992; running until the 10th. The event was chaired by Al Navis, owner of the Ontario based mystery book-store, Handy Book Exchange.^[3][4]

Special Guests

• Lifetime Achievement award — Charlotte MacLeod

• Guest of Honor — Margaret Millar
• Toastmaster — Otto Penzler

Anthony Awards

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

Novel award

Winner:

• Peter Lovesey, The Last Detective

Shortlist:

• Susan Dunlap, Rogue Wave
• Linda Grant, Love Nor Money
• J. A. Jance, Hour of the Hunter
• Nancy Pickard, I.O.U.
• Marilyn Wallace, A Single Stone

First novel award

Winner:

• Sue Henry, Murder on the Iditarod Trail

Shortlist:

• Mary Cahill, Carpool
• Margaret Lucke, A Relative Stranger
• Rebecca Rothenberg, The Bulrush Murders
• Leslie Watts, The Chocolate Box
• Gloria White, Murder on the Run

Short story award

Winner:

• Liza Cody, "Lucky Dip", from A Woman's Eye

Shortlist:

• Linda Grant, "Last Rites", from Sisters in Crime 4
• Wendy Hornsby, "Nine Sons", from Sisters in Crime 4
• Margaret Maron, "Deborah's Judgment", from A Woman's Eye
• Peter Lovesey, "The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine May 1991
• Maxine O'Callaghan, "Wolf Winter", from Sisters in Crime 4

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:

• Maxim Jakubowski, 100 Great Detectives

Shortlist:

• Robert Adey, Locked Room Murders
• Frankie Y. Bailey, Out of the Woodpile
• Lesley Henderson, Twentieth Century Crime And Mystery Writers 3rd ed
• Tony Hillerman, Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman
• M. J. McCauley, Jim Thompson: Sleep with the Devil

True crime award

Winner:

• David Simon, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

Shortlist:

• Vincent Bugliosi & Bruce Henderson, And the Sea Will Tell
• Eileen Franklin & William Wright, Sins Of The father: The Landmark Franklin Case: a daughter, a memory, and a murder
• Christopher Joyce & Eric Stover, Witnesses from the Grave: The Stories Bones Tell
• Mark Lane, Plausible Denial
• Joe McGinniss, Cruel Doubt

Short story collection / anthology award

Winner:

• Sara Paretsky, A Woman's Eye

Shortlist:

• Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Cat Crimes
• Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's Home Sweet Homicide
• Charlotte MacLeod, Christmas Stalkings: Tales of Yuletide Murder
• Eleanor Sullivan, Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• Marilyn Wallace, Sisters in Crime 4

References

1. "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Home". Bouchercon.info. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
2. Jacobsen, Teresa (November 4, 2010). "Bouchercon 2010 by the Bay: The World Series of Mystery". Libraryjournal.com. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
3. "Handy Book Exchange in Toronto, ON | LibraryThing Local". Librarything.com. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
4. "Guilty Pleasures: Al Navis | CrimeSpree Blog". Crimespreemag.com. March 23, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
5. "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. October 2, 2003. Retrieved January 31, 2012.