Bouchercon XXVI

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 XXVI and the 10th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon
The convention was held at the Broadway Media Centre in Nottingham, England on September 28, 1995; running until the October 1. The event was chaired by Adrian Wooton, organiser of the Shots in the Dark mystery convention.

Special Guests

 * Lifetime Achievement award — Ruth Rendell
 * International Guest of Honor — James Ellroy
 * British Guest of Honor — Colin Dexter
 * Fan Guest of Honor — Geoff Bradley
 * Toastmaster — Reginald Hill

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

Novel award
Winner:
 * Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills

Shortlist:
 * Michael Connelly, The Concrete Blonde
 * Lionel Davidson, Kolymsky Heights
 * Janet Evanovich, One for the Money
 * Sue Grafton, "K" Is for Killer
 * Batya Gur, Murder on a Kibbutz
 * Reginald Hill, Pictures of Perfection
 * Lynda La Plante, Cold Shoulde]
 * John Lescroart, The 13th Juror
 * Val McDermid, Crack Down
 * Walter Mosley, Black Betty
 * Derek Raymond, Not Till the Red Fog Rises
 * Janwillem van de Wetering, Just a Corpse at Twilight

First novel award
Winner:
 * Caleb Carr, The Alienist

Shortlist:
 * David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars
 * Alex Keegan, Cuckoo
 * Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War
 * Carol O'Connell, Mallory's Oracle
 * Laura Joh Rowland, Shinjū
 * Michelle Spring, Every Breath You Take
 * Doug J. Swanson, Big Town
 * Chris West, Death of a Blue Lantern

Short story award
Winner:
 * Sharyn McCrumb, "The Monster of Glamis", from Royal Crimes

Shortlist:
 * Robert Barnard, "The Gentleman in the Lake", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine June 1994
 * Ed Gorman, "One of Those Days, One of Those Nights", from Crime Yellow
 * Ian Rankin, "A Deep Hole", from London Noir

Critical / Non-fiction award
Winner:
 * John Cooper & B.A. Pike, Detective Fiction: The Collector's Guide

Shortlist:
 * William L. DeAndrea, Encyclopedia Mysteriosa
 * Martin H. Greenberg, The Tony Hillerman Companion
 * Rosemary Herbert, The Fatal Art of Entertainment

True crime award
Winner:
 * David Canter, Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer

Shortlist:
 * Mikal Gilmore, Shot in the Heart
 * G. Russell Girardin & William J. Helmer, Dillinger, The Untold Story
 * Simon Rae, The Faber Book of Murder
 * Philip Sugden, The Complete History of Jack the Ripper

Short story collection / anthology award
Winner:
 * Tony Hillerman, The Mysterious West

Shortlist:
 * James Ellroy, Hollywood Nocturnes
 * Ed Gorman, A Modern Treasury of Great Detective Stories
 * Maxim Jakubowski, London Noir
 * Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Murder for Halloween: Tales of Suspense

Movie award
Winner:
 * Pulp Fiction

Shortlist:
 * The Client
 * Disclosure
 * The Last Seduction
 * Shallow Grave (1994 film)

Television series award
Winner:
 * Prime Suspect

Shortlist:
 * Between the Lines
 * Cracker
 * Homicide: Life on the Streets
 * N.Y.P.D. Blue