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 XXIII and the 7th Anthony Awards ceremony.
The convention was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on October 8, 1992; running until the 10th. The event was chaired by Al Navis, owner of the Toronto-based mystery book-store, Handy Book Exchange.
Lifetime Achievement award — Charlotte MacLeodGuest of Honor — Margaret MillarToastmaster — Otto PenzlerThe following list details the awards distributed at the seventh annual Anthony Awards ceremony.
Winner:
Peter Lovesey, The Last DetectiveShortlist:
Susan Dunlap, Rogue WaveLinda Grant, Love Nor MoneyJ. A. Jance, Hour of the HunterNancy Pickard, I.O.U.Marilyn Wallace, A Single StoneWinner:
Sue Henry, Murder on the Iditarod TrailShortlist:
Mary Cahill, CarpoolMargaret Lucke, A Relative StrangerRebecca Rothenberg, The Bulrush MurdersLeslie Watts, The Chocolate BoxGloria White, Murder on the RunWinner:
Liza Cody, "Lucky Dip", from A Woman's EyeShortlist:
Linda Grant, "Last Rites", from Sisters in Crime 4Wendy Hornsby, "Nine Sons", from Sisters in Crime 4Margaret Maron, "Deborah's Judgment", from A Woman's EyePeter Lovesey, "The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine May 1991Maxine O'Callaghan, "Wolf Winter", from Sisters in Crime 4Winner:
Maxim Jakubowski, 100 Great DetectivesShortlist:
Robert Adey, Locked Room MurdersFrankie Y. Bailey, Out of the WoodpileLesley Henderson, Twentieth Century Crime And Mystery Writers 3rd edTony Hillerman, Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony HillermanM. J. McCauley, Jim Thompson: Sleep with the DevilWinner:
David Simon, Homicide: A Year on the Killing StreetsShortlist:
Vincent Bugliosi & Bruce Henderson, And the Sea Will TellEileen Franklin & William Wright, Sins Of The father: The Landmark Franklin Case: a daughter, a memory, and a murderChristopher Joyce & Eric Stover, Witnesses from the Grave: The Stories Bones TellMark Lane, Plausible DenialJoe McGinniss, Cruel DoubtWinner:
Sara Paretsky, A Woman's EyeShortlist:
Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Cat CrimesCathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's Home Sweet HomicideCharlotte MacLeod, Christmas Stalkings: Tales of Yuletide MurderEleanor Sullivan, Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineMarilyn Wallace, Sisters in Crime 4