Bouchercon

Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention

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Bouchercon

Genre| Mystery
Location(s)| Most recent held virtually, hosted from Sacramento, California, October 16-17, 2020
Country| United States
Inaugurated| 1970
Website| http://www.bouchercon.com/

Bouchercon, the Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention, 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,[2] and pronounced the way he pronounced his name, rhyming with "voucher".[3]

It is held annually in Autumn, each year being hosted in a different city by a different group of volunteers.[4] The convention typically starts on Thursday and finishes on Sunday.

Each year, Bouchercon nominates and votes the Anthony Awards for excellence in crime fiction, including: Best Novel, Best First Novel, Best Short Story, Best Critical Non-Fiction, and Best Paperback Original.

People who attend are fans, authors, agents, booksellers, publishers and other people who read and enjoy mystery and crime fiction. The first one was held in Santa Monica, California in 1970. The guest of honor was Robert Bloch of Psycho fame.

Registered attendees of each Bouchercon are designated as 'members', and vote at the annual business meeting (held during the convention) on necessary business items. Bouchercon's governing body is its standing committee, which changes year to year, being made up of people who have hosted and will host the convention, and three at large members who are elected by the membership.

## Awards[edit]

Main article: Anthony Awards

The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America.

## List of Bouchercons[edit]

Number  | Year  | Location  | Lifetime Achievement Award  | Guest(s) of Honor

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I  | 1970  | Santa Monica, California | no award issued
II  | 1971  | Los Angeles, California | no award issued
III  | 1972  | Los Angeles, California | no award issued
IV  | 1973  | Boston, Massachusetts | no award issued
V  | 1974  | Oakland, California | no award issued
VI  | 1975  | Chicago, Illinois | no award issued
VII  | 1976  | Culver City, California | no award issued
VIII  | 1977  | New York, New York | no award issued
IX  | 1978  | Chicago, Illinois | no award issued
X  | 1979  | Los Angeles, California | no award issued
XI  | 1980  | Washington, D.C. | no award issued
XII  | 1981  | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | no award issued
XIII  | 1982  | San Francisco, California | no award issued
XIV  | 1983  | New York, New York | no award issued
XV  | 1984  | Chicago, Illinois | no award issued
XVI  | 1985  | San Francisco, California | no award issued
XVII | 1986  | Baltimore, Maryland | no award issued
XVIII | 1987  | Minneapolis, Minnesota | no award issued
XIX | 1988  | San Diego, California | no award issued
XX | 1989  | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Dorothy Salisbury Davis
XXI | 1990  | London, England  | Michael Gilbert
XXII | 1991  | Pasadena, California | William Campbell Gault
XXIII | 1992  | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Charlotte MacLeod
XXIV | 1993  | Omaha, Nebraska | Hammond Innes and Ralph McInerny
XXV | 1994  | Seattle, Washington | Tony Hillerman
XXVI | 1995  | Nottingham, England  | no award issued
XXVII | 1996  | St. Paul, Minnesota | no award issued
XXVIII | 1997  | Monterey, California | Donald E. Westlake
XXIX | 1998  | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | no award issued
XXX | 1999  | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Len Moffatt and June Moffatt
XXXI | 2000  | Denver, Colorado | Jane Langton
XXXII | 2001  | Washington, D.C. | Edward D. Hoch
XXXIII | 2002  | Austin, Texas | no award issued
XXXIV | 2003  | Las Vegas, Nevada | no award issued
XXXV | 2004  | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Bernard Cornwell
XXXVI | 2005  | Chicago, Illinois | Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller
XXXVII | 2006  | Madison, Wisconsin | Robert B. Parker
XXXVIII | 2007  | Anchorage, Alaska | James Sallis
XXXIX | 2008  | Baltimore, Maryland | Lawrence Block
XL | 2009  | Indianapolis, Indiana | Allen J. Hubin
XLI | 2010  | San Francisco, California | Lee Child
XLII | 2011  | St. Louis, Missouri | Sara Paretsky
XLIII | 2012  | Cleveland, Ohio | Mary Higgins Clark
XLIV | 2013  | Albany, New York | Sue Grafton
XLV | 2014  | Long Beach, California | Jeffery Deaver
XLVI | 2015  | Raleigh, North Carolina | Margaret Maron
XLVII | 2016  | New Orleans, Louisiana | David Morrell
XLVIII | 2017  | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | no award issued
XLIX | 2018  | St. Petersburg, Florida | Ian Rankin
L | 2019  | Dallas, Texas | Peter Lovesey | Hank Phillippi Ryan
James Patterson
Deborah Crombie
Felix Francis
Harry Hunsicker
McKenna Jordan
LI | 2020  | Sacramento, California | TBA  | Scott Turow
Walter Mosley
Anne Perry
Cara Black
Janet A Rudolph
Catroina McPherson

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Home". Bouchercon.info. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
2. ^ "Bouchercon 2010 by the Bay: The World Series of Mystery". Libraryjournal.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
3. ^ Marvin Lachman, The Heirs of Anthony Boucher Poisoned Pen Press (2005), p. 83.
4. ^ "Happy Birthday, Mr. Holmes - The New York Sun". Nysun.com. 2005-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-30.

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Bouchercon and the Anthony Awards

1970s|

* I
* II
* III
* IV
* V
* VI
* VII
* VIII
* IX
* X

1980s|

* XI
* XII
* XIII
* XIV
* XV
* XVI
* XVII
* XVIII
* XIX
* XX

1990s|

* XXI
* XXII
* XXIII
* XXIV
* XXV
* XXVI
* XXVII
* XXVIII
* XXIX
* XXX

2000s|

* XXXI
* XXXII
* XXXIII
* XXXIV
* XXXV
* XXXVI
* XXXVII
* XXXVIII
* XXXIX
* XL

2010s|

* XLI
* XLII
* XLIII
* XLIV
* XLV
* XLVI
* XLVII
* XLVIII
* XLIX

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* Anthony Boucher (namesake)

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