Bouchercon XLVI

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 XLVI and the 2015 Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon
The convention was held at Raleigh, North Carolina from 8–11 October 2015. The event was chaired by Al Abramson.

Special guests

 * Lifetime Achievement: Margaret Maron
 * American Guests of Honor: Dr. Kathy Reichs & Tom Franklin
 * International Guests of Honor: Zoë Sharp & Allan Guthrie
 * Toastmasters: Lori Armstrong & Sean Doolittle
 * Local Guest of Honor: Sarah Shaber
 * Fan Guests of Honor: Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich
 * The David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award: Bill and Toby Gottfried

Anthony Awards
The following list details the awards distributed at the 2015 annual Anthony Awards ceremony.

Best Novel
Winner: Shortlist:
 * Laura Lippman, After I’m Gone
 * Joe Clifford, Lamentation
 * Tana French, The Secret Place
 * Louise Penny, The Long Way Home
 * Hank Phillippi Ryan - Truth Be Told

Best First Novel
Winner: Shortlist:
 * Lori Rader-Day, The Black Hour
 * Kristi Belcamino, Blessed Are the Dead
 * M.P. Cooley, Ice Shear
 * Julia Dahl, Invisible City
 * Allen Eskens, The Life We Bury

Best Paperback Original
Winner: Shortlist:
 * Catriona McPherson, The Day She Died
 * Alison Gaylin, Stay With Me
 * Alex Marwood, The Killer Next Door
 * Ben H. Winters, World of Trouble
 * James W. Ziskin, No Stone Unturned

Best Critical Non-fiction Work
Winner: Shortlist:
 * Hank Phillippi Ryan, Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey
 * Charles Brownson, The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis
 * Kate Clark Flora, Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice
 * Dru Ann Love, Dru’s Book Musings
 * J.W. Ocker, Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe

Best Short Story
Winner: Shortlist:
 * Art Taylor, “The Odds Are Against Us” from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
 * Craig Faustus Buck, “Honeymoon Sweet” from Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014
 * Barb Goffman, "The Shadow Knows” from Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays
 * Paul D. Marks, “Howling at the Moon” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014
 * John Shepphird, “Of Dogs and Deceit” from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014

Best Anthology or Collection
Winner: Shortlist:
 * Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger, In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon
 * David Baldacci, FaceOff
 * Dana Cameron, Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014
 * Joe Clifford, Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen
 * Karen Pullen, Carolina Crimes: 19 Tales of Love, Lust, and Longing