Bouchercon XXII explained

Bouchercon XXII
Subheader:	"Bouchercon .22"
Location:	Pasadena, California
Country:	USA
Host:	Len & June Moffatt
Previous:	XXI
Main:	Bouchercon
Next:	XXIII

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 XXII and the 6th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Pasadena, California on October 11, 1991; running until the 13th. The event was chaired by Len & June Moffatt, founders and editors of the JDM Bibliophile, a fanzine and journal dedicated the works of John D. MacDonald.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Special Guests

• Lifetime Achievement award — William Campbell Gault
• Guest of Honor — Edward D. Hoch
• Guest of Honor (visual media) — William Link
• Fan Guest of Honor — Bruce Pelz
• Toastmaster — Bill Crider

Anthony Awards

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

Novel award

Winner:

• Sue Grafton, "G" Is for Gumshoe

Shortlist:

• Lawrence Block, A Ticket to the Boneyard
• Lia Matera, The Good Fight
• Sharyn McCrumb, If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
• Julie Smith, New Orleans Mourning

First novel award

Winner:

• Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Postmortem

Shortlist:

• Diane Mott Davidson, Catering to Nobody
• Janet Dawson, Kindred Crimes
• Rochelle Krich, Where's Mommy Now?
• James McCahery, Grave Undertaking

Paperback original award

Winners:

• Rochelle Krich, Where's Mommy Now?
• James McCahery, Grave Undertaking

Shortlist:

• Jane Haddam, Not a Creature was Stirring
• G.J. Oliphant, Dead in the Scrub
• Marilyn Wallace, Sisters in Crime 2

Short story award

Winner:

• Susan Dunlap, "The Celestial Buffet", from Sisters in Crime 2

Shortlist:

• Sharyn McCrumb, "The Luncheon", from Sisters in Crime 2
• Sharyn McCrumb, "Remains to be Seen", from Mummy Stories
• Sarah Shankman, "Say You're Sorry", from Sisters in Crime 3
• Marilyn Wallace, "A Tale of Two Pretties", from Sisters in Crime 3

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:

• Jon L. Breen & Martin H. Greenberg, Synod Of Sleuths: Essays on Judeo-Christian Detective Fiction

Shortlist:

• Serita Deborah Stevens & Anne Klarner, Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons
• Peter Lewis, Eric Ambler
• S. T. Joshi, John Dickson Carr: a Critical Study
• John Conquest, Trouble Is Their Business: Private Eyes in Fiction, Film & Television, 1927-1988

Motion Picture award

Winner:

• Presumed Innocent

Shortlist:

• Goodfellas
• The Grifters

Television series award

Winner:

• Mystery!

Shortlist:

• Gabriel's Fire
• Law & Order
• Matlock
• Murder, She Wrote

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Home . Bouchercon.info . January 30, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130112224218/http://www.bouchercon.info/index.html . January 12, 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: Bouchercon 2010 by the Bay: The World Series of Mystery . https://archive.today/20120905081837/http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/887593-264/bouchercon_2010_by_the_bay.html.csp . dead . September 5, 2012 . Libraryjournal.com . November 4, 2010 . January 30, 2012 . Teresa . Jacobsen .
3. News: A Leader in Mystery Writing Field: Serious Scholars Discover Author MacDonald . November 21, 1978 . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . February 2, 2012 . Gary . Morgan.
4. Web site: Scott . Steve . The Trap of Solid Gold: Len Moffatt (1923 - 2010) . Thetrapofsolidgold.blogspot.com . December 8, 2010 . February 2, 2012.
5. Book: The JDM bibliophile. (Journal, magazine, 1900s) . [WorldCat.org] . 006738810.
6. Web site: Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees . Bouchercon.info . October 2, 2003 . January 31, 2012 . February 7, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207060829/http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html#1991 . dead .