Anthony Award Winners 2022

The Anthony Awards were presented at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, in Minneapolis. 

The winners are as follows -

Best Novel

Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron)

Best First Novel

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (Berkley Prime Crime)

Best Paperback/Ebook/Audiobook Oriignal

Bloodline by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Anthology

This Time for Sure: Bouchercon Anthology 2021, Edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Down & Out)

Best Short Story

"Not My Cross to Bear" by S.A. Cosby (from Trouble No More: Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and the Blues, edited by Mark Westmoreland; (Down & Out))

Best Critical/Non-Fiction

How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America edited by Lee Child with Laurie R. King (Simon & Schuster)

Best Children's/Young Adult

I Play One on TV by Alan S. Orloff (Down & Out)

Congratulations to all the winners and the nominated authors.

Bouchercon 2021 Anthony Award Nominations

Best Hardcover Novel

What You Don't See by Tracy Clark (Kensington)

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur Books)

And Now She's Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall (Forge Books)

The First to Lie - Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books)

Best First Novel

Derailed by Mary Keliikoa (Camel Press)

Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March (Minotaur Books)

Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Kensington)

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman Books)

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Ecco Press)

Best Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel

The Fate of a Flapper by Susanna Calkins (Griffin)

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (William Morrow)

Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)

The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow)

Dirty Old Town by Gabriel Valjan (Level Best Books)

Best Short Story

"Dear Emily Etiquette" by Barb Goffman - EQMM - (Dell Magazines)

"90 Miles" by Alex Segura - Both Sides: Stories From the Border (Agora Books)

"The Boy Detective & The Summer of '74" by Art Taylor - AHMM (Jan-Feb) (Dell Magazines)

"Elysian Fields" by Gabriel Valjan - California Schemin' (Wildside Press)

"The Twenty-Five Year Engagement" by James W. Ziskin - In League with Sherlock Holmes (Pegasus Crime)

Best Juvenile/Young Adult

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley (Viking Books for Young Readers)

Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks (Katherine Tegen Books)

Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco by Richie Narvaez (Piñata Books)

Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall byAlex Segura (Disney Lucasfilm Press)

Best Critical or Nonfiction Work
Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy by Leslie Brody (Seal Press)

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club Edited by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)

The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg (Hachette Books)

Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane (Chicago Review Press)

Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession edited by Sarah Weinman, (Ecco Press)

Best Anthology or Collection

Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press Anthology - Heather Graham, ed. (Nasty Woman Press)

Both Sides: Stories from the Border - Gabino Iglesias, ed. (Agora Books)

Noiryorican - Richie Narvaez (Down & Out Books)

The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell - Josh Pachter, ed. (Untreed Reads Publishing)

California Schemin' - Art Taylor. ed. (Wildside Press)

Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic - Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle, eds. (Polis Books)

2020 Anthony Award Winners

 

Bouchercon,the world mystery convention, have announced the winners for its prestigious Anthony Awards at the first Virtual Bouchercon. Bouchercon 2020: Sacramento.

2020 Anthony Awards

Best Novel

The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)

Best First Novel

One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)

Best Paperback Original

The Alchemist’s Illusion by Gigi Pandian (Midnight Ink)

Best Critical Non-Fiction Work

The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women by Mo Moulton (Basic Books)

Best Short Story

“The Red Zone,” by Alex Segura (appearing in ¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico)

Best Anthology or Collection

Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible, edited by Verena Rose, Rita Owen, and Shawn Reilly Simmons (Wildside Press)

Best Young Adult

Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry by Jen Conley (Down & Out Books)

Congratulations to all the nominated authors and winners.

2019 Anthony Award Winners

The Anthony Award Winners were announced on Saturday night at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention. 

Best Novel 

November Road by Lou Berney (William Morrow)

Best First Novel

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)

Best Paperback Original Novel 

Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks)

Best Short Story 

“The Grass Beneath My Feet” by S.A. Cosby, in Tough (blogazine, August 20, 2018)

Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work 

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (HarperCollins)

Congratulations to all!

The Anthony® Award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (rhymes with “voucher”), a well-known California writer and critic who wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times Book Review, and also helped found Mystery Writers of America. First presented in 1986, the Anthony Awards are among the most prestigious and coveted literary awards. Bouchercon®, the World Mystery Convention founded in 1970, is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization celebrating the mystery genre. It is the largest annual meeting in the world for readers, writers, fans, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers, and other lovers of crime fiction.

Anthony Award Winners 2018

The Anthony Awards are given at each annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention with the winners selected by attendees. Bouchercon is the World Mystery Convention. This year Bouchercon is taking place in St Petersburg, Florida, September 9-12, 2018. Winners were announced the evening of Saturday 8 September 2018. Congratulations to all the winners and the nominated authors.

Best Novel
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

Best First Novel
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett

Best Paperback Original
The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day

Bill Crider Award For Best Novel in a Series
Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone #25) by Sue Grafton

Best Short Story
My Side of the Matter by Hilary Davidson from Killing Malmon

Best Anthology
The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, Gary Phillips, editor

Best Critical/Non Fiction Book
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Best Online Content
Jungle Red Writers

The Anthony Award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America. Everyone who attends Bouchercon 2018 is eligible to vote on the Anthony Awards. Voting takes place at the convention.

2017 Anthony Award Nominations

Best Novel

You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott [Little, Brown]

Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman [G.P. Putnam’s Sons]

Red Right Hand by Chris Holm [Mulholland]

Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman [William Morrow]

A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny [Minotaur]

Best First Novel

Dodgers by Bill Beverly [Crown]

IQ by Joe Ide [Mulholland]

Decanting a Murder by Nadine Nettmann [Midnight Ink]

Design for Dying by Renee Patrick [Forge]

The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie [G.P. Putnam’s Sons]

Best Paperback Original

Shot in Detroit by Patricia Abbott [Polis]

Leadfoot by Eric Beetner [280 Steps]

Salem’s Cipher by Jess Lourey [Midnight Ink]

Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty [Seventh Street]

How to Kill Friends and Implicate People by Jay Stringer [Thomas & Mercer]

Heart of Stone by James W. Ziskin [Seventh Street] 

Best Short Story

“Oxford Girl” by Megan Abbott, Mississippi Noir [Akashic]

“Autumn at the Automat” by Lawrence Block, In Sunlight or in Shadow [Pegasus]

“Gary’s Got A Boner” by Johnny Shaw, Waiting to Be Forgotten [Gutter]

“Parallel Play” by Art Taylor, Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning [Wildside]

“Queen of the Dogs” by Holly West, 44 Caliber Funk: Tales of Crime, Soul and Payback [Moonstone] 

Best Critical Nonfiction Work

Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd [Nan A. Talese]

Letters from a Serial Killer by Kristi Belcamino & Stephanie Kahalekulu [CreateSpace]

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin [Liveright]

Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker by David J. Skal [Liveright]

The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale [Bloomsbury/Penguin] 

Best Children’s/YA Novel

Snowed by Maria Alexander [Raw Dog Screaming]

The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry [Henry Holt]

Tag, You’re Dead by J.C. Lane [Poisoned Pen]

My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier [Soho Teen]

The Fixes by Owen Matthews [HarperTeen] 

Best Anthology

Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns – Editor Eric Beetner, [Down & Out]

In Sunlight or in Shadow - Editor Lawrence Block, [Pegasus]

Cannibals: Stories from the Edge of the Pine Barrens - Editor Jen Conley [Down & Out]

Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016 – Greg Herren, ed. [Down & Out]

Waiting To Be Forgotten: Stories of Crime and Heartbreak, Inspired by the Replacements – Editor Jay Stringer, [Gutter] 

Best Novella (8,000-40,000 words)

Cleaning Up Finn by Sarah M. Chen [All Due Respect Books]

No Happy Endings by Angel Luis Colón [Down & Out]

Crosswise by S.W. Lauden [Down & Out]

Beware the Shill by John Shepphird [Down & Out]

The Last Blue Glass by B.K. Stevens, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 2016 [Dell]

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The winner in each category will be announced immediately following the Sunday Brunch on October 15 2017.   The Anthony Award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America.