Bouchercon XXX


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; it is also the inspiration for the Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986. This page details Bouchercon XXX and the 14th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 30, 1999; running until October 3. The event was chaired by author Ted Hertel, and non-fiction author Gary Warren Niebuhr.

Special Guests

The following list details the awards distributed at the fourteenth annual Anthony Awards ceremony.

Novel award

Winner:
  • Michael Connelly, Blood Work
Shortlist:
  • Nevada Barr, Blind Descent
  • Reginald Hill, On Beulah Height
  • Dennis Lehane, Gone, Baby, Gone
  • Aileen Schumacher, ''Framework for Death''

    First novel award

Winner:
  • William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake
Shortlist:
Winner:
Shortlist:
  • Sujata Massey, Zen Attitude
  • Rick Riordan, Widower's Two-Step
  • Caroline Roe, Remedy for Treason
  • Steven Womack, ''Murder Manual''

    Short story award

Winner:
  • Barbara D'Amato, "Of Course You Know that Chocolate is a Vegetable", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine November 1998
Shortlist:
  • Jan Burke, "Two Bits", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine May 1998
  • Harlan Coben, "A Simple Philosophy", from Malice Domestic 7
  • Rick Riordan, "A Small Silver Gun", from Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine
  • Peter Robinson, "The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage", from ''Not Safe After Dark''

    Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:
  • George Easter, Deadly Pleasures
Shortlist:
  • Alzina Stone Dale, Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: Washington, D.C.
  • Eddie Muller, Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir
  • Victoria Nichols & Susan Thompson, Silk Stalkings: More Women Write of Murder
  • Robin Winks & Maureen Corrigan, ''Mystery And Suspense writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage''