Bouchercon XXII

Bouchercon XXII
"Bouchercon .22"
Date	October 11, 1991 (1991-10-11)
Location	Pasadena, California
Country	USA
Hosted by	Len & June Moffatt
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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 XXII and the 6th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Pasadena, California on October 11, 1991; running until the 13th. The event was chaired by Len & June Moffatt, founders and editors of the JDM Bibliophile, a fanzine and journal dedicated the works of John D. MacDonald. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Special Guests

• Lifetime Achievement award — William Campbell Gault
• Guest of Honor — Edward D. Hoch
• Guest of Honor (visual media) — William Link
• Fan Guest of Honor — Bruce Pelz
• Toastmaster — Bill Crider

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the sixth annual Anthony Awards ceremony. ^[6]

Novel award

Winner:

• Sue Grafton, "G" Is for Gumshoe

Shortlist:

• Lawrence Block, A Ticket to the Boneyard
• Lia Matera, The Good Fight
• Sharyn McCrumb, If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
• Julie Smith, New Orleans Mourning

First novel award

Winner:

• Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Postmortem

Shortlist:

• Diane Mott Davidson, Catering to Nobody
• Janet Dawson, Kindred Crimes
• Rochelle Krich, Where's Mommy Now?
• James McCahery, Grave Undertaking

Paperback original award

Winners:

• Rochelle Krich, Where's Mommy Now?
• James McCahery, Grave Undertaking

Shortlist:

• Jane Haddam, Not a Creature was Stirring
• G.J. Oliphant, Dead in the Scrub
• Marilyn Wallace, Sisters in Crime 2

Short story award

Winner:

• Susan Dunlap, "The Celestial Buffet", from Sisters in Crime 2

Shortlist:

• Sharyn McCrumb, "The Luncheon", from Sisters in Crime 2
• Sharyn McCrumb, "Remains to be Seen", from Mummy Stories
• Sarah Shankman, "Say You're Sorry", from Sisters in Crime 3
• Marilyn Wallace, "A Tale of Two Pretties", from Sisters in Crime 3

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:

• Jon L. Breen & Martin H. Greenberg, Synod Of Sleuths: Essays on Judeo-Christian Detective Fiction

Shortlist:

• Serita Deborah Stevens & Anne Klarner, Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons
• Peter Lewis, Eric Ambler
• S. T. Joshi, John Dickson Carr: a Critical Study
• John Conquest, Trouble Is Their Business: Private Eyes in Fiction, Film & Television, 1927-1988

Motion Picture award

Winner:

• Presumed Innocent

Shortlist:

• Goodfellas
• The Grifters

Television series award

Winner:

• Mystery!

Shortlist:

• Gabriel's Fire
• Law & Order
• Matlock
• Murder, She Wrote

References

1. "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Home". Bouchercon.info. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
2. Jacobsen, Teresa (November 4, 2010). "Bouchercon 2010 by the Bay: The World Series of Mystery". Libraryjournal.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
3. Morgan, Gary (November 21, 1978). "A Leader in Mystery Writing Field: Serious Scholars Discover Author MacDonald". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
4. Scott, Steve (December 8, 2010). "The Trap of Solid Gold: Len Moffatt (1923 - 2010)". Thetrapofsolidgold.blogspot.com. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
5. The JDM bibliophile. (Journal, magazine, 1900s). [WorldCat.org]. OCLC   006738810.
6. "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. October 2, 2003. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.