The Bouchercon Convention was held in San Francisco from the 14th to the 17th of October – 2010. What a great honor to receive a nomination for Bouchercon’s Anthony Awards. Here are both the nominees and winners for bouchercon’s 2010 Anthony Awards:
Best Novel: The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (Winner)
The Last Child by John Hart
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (translated by Reg Keeland)
The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan
Best First Novel: A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield (Winner)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
The Twelve/The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville
In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff
Best Paperback Original: Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley (Winner)
Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott
Tower by Ken Bruen & Reed Farrel Coleman
Quarry in the Middle by Max Allan Collins
Death and the Lit Chick by G.M. Malliet
Air Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Best Short Story: On the House by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers) (Winner)
Last Fair Deal Gone Down by Ace Atkins (Crossroad Blues)
Femme Sole by Dana Cameron (Boston Noir)
Animal Rescue by Dennis Lehane (Boston Noir)
Amapola by Luis Alberto Urrea (Phoenix Noir)
Best Critical Non-Fiction Work: Talking about Detective Fiction by P.D. James (Winner)
The Line Up: The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives by Otto Penzler, ed.
Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King by Lisa Rogak
Dame Agatha’s Shorts: An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion by Elena Santangelo
The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkar
And, here are some of the Guests of Honor who attended Bouchercon 2010 with Eddie Muller as the Toastmaster:
Distinguished Contribution to the Genre: Lee Child
International Guest of Honor: Denise Mina
American Guest of Honor: Laurie R. King
♦For more Mystery Book Awards, click here.♦
Marianne says
So nice to learn that Louise Penny is getting the recognition she deserves. Her latest, the follow up to The Brutal Telling, is marvelous!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
I know, Marianne >>> Louise Penny is really garnering a lot of mystery book awards!
Hank Phillippi Ryan says
Danna, how lovely of you to post this! Can you imagine how happy I am? I am still floating.
Keep in touch, okay? xoxo
Danna - cozy mystery list says
What a year for you! To win the Anthony Award for On the House AND to have been nominated for Air Time as a Best Paperback Original.
Congratulations!
Sue says
Laurie King???? *swoon…..*
Patti says
Oh, too bad Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie did not win. That was a great book!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Patti,
A Bad Day for Sorry is probably a really good book, also!