Bouchercon XXXVII
{{Short description|2006 mystery and detective fiction convention}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Bouchercon XXXVII
| subheader = "A Prairie Plot"
| current_awards =
| date = {{Start date|2006|09|28}}
| location = Madison, Wisconsin
| country = USA
| host = Al Abramson
| website =
| previous = XXXVI
| main = Bouchercon
| next = XXXVIII
}}
Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction.{{cite web |url=http://www.bouchercon.info/index.html |title=Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Home |publisher=Bouchercon.info |accessdate=January 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112224218/http://www.bouchercon.info/index.html# |archive-date=January 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/887593-264/bouchercon_2010_by_the_bay.html.csp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905081837/http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/887593-264/bouchercon_2010_by_the_bay.html.csp |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |title=Bouchercon 2010 by the Bay: The World Series of Mystery |publisher=Libraryjournal.com |date=November 4, 2010 |accessdate=January 30, 2012 |first=Teresa |last=Jacobsen }} This page details Bouchercon XXXVII and the 21st Anthony Awards ceremony.
Bouchercon
The convention was held in Madison, Wisconsin on September 28, 2006; running until October 1. The event was chaired by Al Abramson.
=Special Guests=
- Lifetime Achievement award — Robert B. Parker
- Guest of Honor — M. C. Beaton
- American Guest of Honor — Nevada Barr
- Fan Guest of Honor — Jim Huang
- Toastmaster — William Kent Krueger
- Special Guest — Joseph Wambaugh
Anthony Awards
The following list details the awards distributed at the twenty-first annual Anthony Awards ceremony.{{cite web |url=http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html#2006 |title=Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees |publisher=Bouchercon.info |date= |accessdate=February 13, 2012 |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207060829/http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html#2006 |url-status=dead }}
=Novel award=
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Jan Burke, Bloodlines
- Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer
- Thomas H. Cook, Red Leaves
- Laura Lippman, To the Power of Three
=First novel award=
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Megan Abbott, Die a Little
- Brian Freeman, Immoral
- Randall Hicks, The Baby Game
- Theresa Schwegel, Office Down
=Paperback original award=
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Allan Guthrie, Kiss Her Goodbye
- Charlie Huston, Six Bad Things
- Susan McBride, Good Girl's Guide to Murder
- P. J. Parrish, A Killing Rain
=Short story award=
Winner:
- Barbara Seranella, "Misdirection", from Greatest Hits: Original Stories of Assassins, Hit Men and Hired Guns
Shortlist:
- Libby Fischer Hellmann, "House Rules", from Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation
- Nancy Pickard, "There is No Crime on Easter Island", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine September / October 2005
- Marcia Talley, "Driven to Distraction", from Chesapeake Crimes II: 15 Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder
- Elaine Viets, "Killer Blonde: A Dead-End Job Mystery", from Drop-Dead Blonde
=Critical / Non-fiction award=
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Hallie Ephron, Writing and Selling your Mystery Novel
- Stuart Kaminsky, Behind the Mystery
- Leslie Klinger, New Annotated Sherlock Holmes
- Melanie Rehak, Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women who Created Her
=Fan publication award=
Winner:
Shortlist:
- George Easter, Deadly Pleasures
- Lynn Kaczmarek & Chris Aldrich, Mystery News
- Janet Rudolph, Mystery Readers Journal
- Brian Skupin & Kate Stine, Mystery Scene Magazine
=Special service award=
Winner:
Shortlist:
- George Easter, Deadly Pleasures
- Maddy Van Hertbruggen, 4 Mystery Addicts
- Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
References
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