Bouchercon XXXII

Bouchercon XXXII
"A Capital Mystery"
Date	November 1, 2001 (2001-11-01)
Location	Washington, DC
Country	USA
Hosted by	Adolph P. Falcón, William L. Starck
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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 XXXII and the 16th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Washington, DC on November 1, 2001; running until the 4th. The event was chaired by vice president of "science and policy" at the National Alliance for Hispanic Health Adolph P. Falcón; ^[3] and William L. Starck, of NACO, the Library of Congress authority control co-operative. ^[4]

Special Guests

• Lifetime Achievement award — Edward D. Hoch
• American Guest of Honor — Sue Grafton
• International Guest of Honor — Peter Lovesey
• Fan Guests of Honor — Lew Buckingham & Nancy Buckingham
• Toastmaster — Michael Connelly

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the sixteenth annual Anthony Awards ceremony. ^{[5] [6]}

Novel award

Winner:

• Val McDermid, A Place of Execution

Shortlist:

• Nevada Barr, Deep South
• Joe R. Lansdale, The Bottoms
• Marcia Muller, Listen to the Silence
• Elizabeth Peters, He Shall Thunder in the Sky
• Charles Todd, Legacy of the Dead

First novel award

Winner:

• Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

Shortlist:

• Stephen Booth, Black Dog
• David Liss, A Conspiracy of Paper
• Scott Phillips, The Ice Harvest
• Bob Truluck, Street Level
• Douglas E. Winter, Run

Paperback original award

Winner:

• Kate Grilley, Death Dances to a Reggae Beat

Shortlist:

• Katy Munger, Bad to the Bone
• Daniel Stashower, The Floating Lady Murder
• Chassie L. West, Killing Kin
• Laura Wilson, A Little Death
• Eric Wright, The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn

Short story award

Winner:

• Edward D. Hoch, "The Problem of the Potting Shed", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine July 2000

Shortlist:

• Rhys Bowen, "The Seal of the Confessional", from Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist
• Rochelle Krich, "Widow's Peak", from Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist
• Donald Olson, "Don't Go Upstairs", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine August 2000
• Peter Robinson, "Missing in Action", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine November 2000

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:

• Jim Huang, 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century

Shortlist:

• Matthew Bunson, The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia
• Martha Hailey DuBose, Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists
• Marvin Lachman, The American Regional Mystery
• Erin A. Smith, Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers and Pulp Magazines

Short story collection / anthology award

Winner:

• Lawrence Block, Master's Choice II

Shortlist:

• Joan Hess, Malice Domestic 9
• Jeffrey Marks, Magnolias and Mayhem
• Serita Stevens, Unholy Orders
• Carolyn Wheat, Tales out of School

Fan publication award

Winner:

• Chris Aldrich & Lynn Kaczmarek, Mystery News

Shortlist:

• George Easter, Deadly Pleasures
• Jim Huang, The Drood Review of Mystery
• Sue Feder, Murder: Past Tense
• Janet Rudolph, Mystery Readers Journal

References

1. "About Bouchercon". Bouchercon.com. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
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. "Staff Leadership". Hispanichealth.org. Archived from the original on January 23, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
4. "NACO Participants' Manual" (PDF). Library of Congress. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
5. "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
6. "Past Bouchercons". bouchercon.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.