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 XXXII and the 16th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Washington, DC on November 1, 2001; running until the 4th. The event was chaired by vice president of "science and policy" at the National Alliance for Hispanic Health Adolph P. Falcón;^[3] and William L. Starck, of NACO, the Library of Congress authority control co-operative.^[4]

Special Guests

• Lifetime Achievement award — Edward D. Hoch
• American Guest of Honor — Sue Grafton
• International Guest of Honor — Peter Lovesey
• Fan Guests of Honor — Lew Buckingham & Nancy Buckingham
• Toastmaster — Michael Connelly

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the sixteenth annual Anthony Awards ceremony.^[5][6]

Novel award

Winner:

• Val McDermid, A Place of Execution

Shortlist:

• Nevada Barr, Deep South
• Joe R. Lansdale, The Bottoms
• Marcia Muller, Listen to the Silence
• Elizabeth Peters, He Shall Thunder in the Sky
• Charles Todd, Legacy of the Dead

First novel award

Winner:

• Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

Shortlist:

• Stephen Booth, Black Dog
• David Liss, A Conspiracy of Paper
• Scott Phillips, The Ice Harvest
• Bob Truluck, Street Level
• Douglas E. Winter, Run

Paperback original award

Winner:

• Kate Grilley, Death Dances to a Reggae Beat

Shortlist:

• Katy Munger, Bad to the Bone
• Daniel Stashower, The Floating Lady Murder
• Chassie L. West, Killing Kin
• Laura Wilson, A Little Death
• Eric Wright, The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn

Short story award

Winner:

• Edward D. Hoch, "The Problem of the Potting Shed", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine July 2000

Shortlist:

• Rhys Bowen, "The Seal of the Confessional", from Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist
• Rochelle Krich, "Widow's Peak", from Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist
• Donald Olson, "Don't Go Upstairs", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine August 2000
• Peter Robinson, "Missing in Action", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine November 2000

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:

• Jim Huang, 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century

Shortlist:

• Matthew Bunson, The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia
• Martha Hailey DuBose, Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists
• Marvin Lachman, The American Regional Mystery
• Erin A. Smith, Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers and Pulp Magazines

Short story collection / anthology award

Winner:

• Lawrence Block, Master's Choice II

Shortlist:

• Joan Hess, Malice Domestic 9
• Jeffrey Marks, Magnolias and Mayhem
• Serita Stevens, Unholy Orders
• Carolyn Wheat, Tales out of School

Fan publication award

Winner:

• Chris Aldrich & Lynn Kaczmarek, Mystery News

Shortlist:

• George Easter, Deadly Pleasures
• Jim Huang, The Drood Review of Mystery
• Sue Feder, Murder: Past Tense
• Janet Rudolph, Mystery Readers Journal