Bouchercon XXIII explained

Bouchercon XXIII
Location:	Toronto, Ontario
Country:	Canada
Host:	Al Navis
Previous:	XXII
Main:	Bouchercon
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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 XXIII and the 7th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

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.^{[3] [4]}

Special Guests

• Lifetime Achievement award — Charlotte MacLeod
• Guest of Honor — Margaret Millar
• Toastmaster — Otto Penzler

Anthony Awards

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

Novel award

Winner:

• Peter Lovesey, The Last Detective

Shortlist:

• Susan Dunlap, Rogue Wave
• Linda Grant, Love Nor Money
• J. A. Jance, Hour of the Hunter
• Nancy Pickard, I.O.U.
• Marilyn Wallace, A Single Stone

First novel award

Winner:

• Sue Henry, Murder on the Iditarod Trail

Shortlist:

• Mary Cahill, Carpool
• Margaret Lucke, A Relative Stranger
• Rebecca Rothenberg, The Bulrush Murders
• Leslie Watts, The Chocolate Box
• Gloria White, Murder on the Run

Short story award

Winner:

• Liza Cody, "Lucky Dip", from A Woman's Eye

Shortlist:

• Linda Grant, "Last Rites", from Sisters in Crime 4
• Wendy Hornsby, "Nine Sons", from Sisters in Crime 4
• Margaret Maron, "Deborah's Judgment", from A Woman's Eye
• Peter Lovesey, "The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine May 1991
• Maxine O'Callaghan, "Wolf Winter", from Sisters in Crime 4

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:

• Maxim Jakubowski, 100 Great Detectives

Shortlist:

• Robert Adey, Locked Room Murders
• Frankie Y. Bailey, Out of the Woodpile
• Lesley Henderson, Twentieth Century Crime And Mystery Writers 3rd ed
• Tony Hillerman, Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman
• M. J. McCauley, Jim Thompson: Sleep with the Devil

True crime award

Winner:

• David Simon,

Shortlist:

• Vincent Bugliosi & Bruce Henderson, And the Sea Will Tell
• Eileen Franklin & William Wright, Sins Of The father: The Landmark Franklin Case: a daughter, a memory, and a murder
• Christopher Joyce & Eric Stover, Witnesses from the Grave: The Stories Bones Tell
• Mark Lane, Plausible Denial
• Joe McGinniss, Cruel Doubt

Short story collection / anthology award

Winner:

• Sara Paretsky, A Woman's Eye

Shortlist:

• Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Cat Crimes
• Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's Home Sweet Homicide
• Charlotte MacLeod, Christmas Stalkings: Tales of Yuletide Murder
• Eleanor Sullivan, Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• Marilyn Wallace, Sisters in Crime 4

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 . mdy-all .
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. Web site: Handy Book Exchange in Toronto, ON | LibraryThing Local . Librarything.com . February 3, 2012.
4. Web site: Guilty Pleasures: Al Navis | CrimeSpree Blog . Crimespreemag.com . March 23, 2011 . February 3, 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20120709041024/http://crimespreemag.com/blog/2011/03/guilty-pleasures-al-navis.html . July 9, 2012 . mdy-all .
5. 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#1992 . dead .