Bouchercon XLVI

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 XLVI and the 2015 Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held at Raleigh, North Carolina from 8–11 October 2015. The event was chaired by Al Abramson.

Special guests

Lifetime Achievement: Margaret Maron
American Guests of Honor: Dr. Kathy Reichs & Tom Franklin
International Guests of Honor: Zoë Sharp & Allan Guthrie
Toastmasters: Lori Armstrong & Sean Doolittle
Local Guest of Honor: Sarah Shaber
Fan Guests of Honor: Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich
The David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award: Bill and Toby Gottfried

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the 2015 annual Anthony Awards ceremony.

Best Novel

Winner:

Laura Lippman, After I’m Gone

Shortlist:

Joe Clifford, Lamentation
Tana French, The Secret Place
Louise Penny, The Long Way Home
Hank Phillippi Ryan - ''Truth Be Told''

Best First Novel

Winner:

Lori Rader-Day, The Black Hour

Shortlist:

Kristi Belcamino, Blessed Are the Dead
M.P. Cooley, Ice Shear
Julia Dahl, Invisible City
Allen Eskens, ''The Life We Bury''

Best Paperback Original

Winner:

Catriona McPherson, The Day She Died

Shortlist:

Alison Gaylin, Stay With Me
Alex Marwood, The Killer Next Door
Ben H. Winters, World of Trouble
James W. Ziskin, ''No Stone Unturned''

Best Critical Non-fiction Work

Winner:

Hank Phillippi Ryan, Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey

Shortlist:

Charles Brownson, The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis
Kate Clark Flora, Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice
Dru Ann Love, Dru’s Book Musings
J.W. Ocker, ''Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe''

Best Short Story

Winner:

Art Taylor, “The Odds Are Against Us” from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Shortlist:

Craig Faustus Buck, “Honeymoon Sweet” from Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014
Barb Goffman, "The Shadow Knows” from Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays
Paul D. Marks, “Howling at the Moon” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014
John Shepphird, ''“Of Dogs and Deceit” from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014''

Best Anthology or Collection

Winner:

Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger, In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon

Shortlist:

David Baldacci, FaceOff
Dana Cameron, Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014
Joe Clifford, Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen
Karen Pullen, ''Carolina Crimes: 19 Tales of Love, Lust, and Longing''