Bouchercon XIX

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 XIX and the 3rd Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon
The convention was held in San Diego, California on October 7, 1988; running until the 9th. The event was chaired by Phyllis Brown, of local mystery bookshop "Grounds For Murder", and Ray Hardy.

Special Guests

 * Guest of Honor — Charlotte MacLeod
 * Fan Guest of Honor — Bruce Taylor
 * Toastmaster — Robert Barnard

Anthony Awards
The following list details the awards distributed at the third annual Anthony Awards ceremony.

Novel award
Winner:
 * Tony Hillerman, Skinwalkers

Shortlist:
 * Linda Barnes, A Trouble of Fools
 * Aaron Elkins, Old Bones
 * Elizabeth Peters, Trojan Gold
 * Nancy Pickard, Marriage is Murder

First novel award
Winner:
 * Gillian Roberts, Caught Dead in Philadelphia

Shortlist:
 * Michael Allegretto, Death on the Rocks
 * Robert J. Bowman, The House of Blue Lights
 * Mary Monica Pulver, Murder at the War: A Modern-Day Mystery With a Medieval Setting
 * Les Roberts, An Infinite Number of Monkeys

Paperback original award
Winner:
 * Robert Crais, The Monkey's Raincoat

Shortlist:
 * Lilian Jackson Braun, The Cat Who Played Brahms
 * Carolyn G. Hart, Death on Demand
 * Conrad Haynes, Bishop's Gambit, Declined
 * Lia Matera, Where Lawyers Fear to Tread
 * Sharyn McCrumb, Bimbos of the Death Sun

Short story award
Winner:
 * Robert Barnard, "Breakfast Television", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine January 1987

Shortlist:
 * Max Allan Collins, "Scrap", from The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
 * Harlan Ellison, "Soft Monkey", from Mystery Scene Reader: A Special Tribute to John D. MacDonald
 * Ed Gorman, "Turn Away", from The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
 * Joyce Harrington, "The Au Pair Girl", from A Matter Of Crime

Movie award
Winner:
 * The Big Easy

Shortlist:
 * Black Widow
 * Fatal Attraction
 * No Way Out
 * RoboCop
 * Stakeout

Television series award
Winner:
 * Mystery!

Shortlist:
 * The Equalizer
 * Murder She Wrote
 * Private Eye
 * Wiseguy