Bouchercon XXXIV explained

Bouchercon XXXIV
Subheader:	"Where the Odds Favor Mystery"
Location:	Las Vegas, Nevada
Country:	USA
Host:	Deen Kogan
Previous:	XXXIII
Main:	Bouchercon
Next:	XXXV

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 XXXIV and the 18th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 16, 2003; running until the 19th. The event was chaired by Deen Kogan, founder of the Society Hill playhouse.^[3]

Special Guests

• American Guest of Honor — James Lee Burke
• International Guest of Honor — Ian Rankin
• Fan Guests of Honor — Ann and Jeff Smith
• Toastmaster — Lee Child
• Memorial Honoree — Hal Rice
• Contribution to the Field award — Janet Hutchings
• Exemplary Body of Work award — Ruth Rendell

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the eighteenth annual Anthony Awards ceremony.^[4]

Novel award

Winner:

• Michael Connelly, City of Bones

Shortlist:

• Cara Black, Murder in the Sentier
• Steve Hamilton, North of Nowhere
• George Pelecanos, Hell to Pay
• S. J. Rozan, Winter and Night

First novel award

Winner:

• Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter

Shortlist:

• David Corbett, The Devil's Redhead
• Libby Fischer Hellmann, An Eye for Murder
• Jonathon King, The Blue Edge of Midnight
• Eddie Muller, The Distance

Paperback original award

Winner:

• Robin Burcell, Fatal Truth

Shortlist:

• Jeff Abbott, Black Jack Point
• Roberta Isleib, Six Strokes Under
• P. J. Parrish, Paint it Black
• Andy Straka, A Killing Sky

Short story award

Winner:

• Marcia Talley, "Too Many Cooks", from Much Ado About Murder

Shortlist:

• Lauren Haney, "Murder in the Land of Wawat", from The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits
• Clark Howard, "To Live and Die in Midland, Texas", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine September / October 2002
• Toni Kelner, "Bible Belt", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine June 2002
• Bob Truluck, "A Man Called Ready", from Measures of Poison

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:

• Jim Huang, They Died in vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated and Forgotten Mystery Novels

Shortlist:

• Mike Ashley, The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction
• Jeffrey Marks, Intent To Sell: Marking the Genre Novel

Cover art award

Winner:

• Michael Kellner

for Dennis McMillan, Measures of Poison

Shortlist:

• Jennifer Harris & Melissa Farris; for Daniel Chavarria, The Eye of Cybele
• Cheryl L. Cipriani; for Cara Black, Murder in the Sentier
• Larry Rostant; for John Fusco, Paradise Salvage
• Paul Buckley; for Andrea Camilleri, The Terracotta Dog

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. Web site: Philadelphia News . https://archive.today/20120716121842/http://weeklypress.com/deen-kogan-the-first-lady-of-philadelphia-theater-p1471-1.htm . dead . July 16, 2012 . Weekly Press . July 15, 2009 . February 16, 2012 .
4. Web site: Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees . Bouchercon.info . February 13, 2012 . February 7, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207060829/http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html#2003 . dead .