Bouchercon XXXVIII

Bouchercon XXXVIII
"Bearly Alive"
Date	September 27, 2007 (2007-09-27)
Location	Anchorage, Alaska
Country	USA
Hosted by	Dana Stabenow, Dee Ford, Kimberley Gray
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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 XXXVIII and the 22nd Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Anchorage, Alaska on September 27, 2007; running until the 30th. The event was chaired by authors and members of Alaska Sisters in Crime, Dana Stabenow, Dee Ford and Kimberley Gray. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Special Guests

• Lifetime Achievement award — James Sallis
• Special Guest of Honor — Diana Gabaldon
• American Guest of Honor — Thomas Perry
• Fan Guest of Honor — Barbara Peters

Anthony Awards

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

Novel award

Winner:

• Laura Lippman, No Good Deeds

Shortlist:

• Jan Burke, Kidnapped
• Denise Mina, The Dead Hour
• Nancy Pickard, The Virgin of Small Plains
• Julia Spencer-Fleming, All Mortal Flesh

First novel award

Winner:

• Louise Penny, Still Life

Shortlist:

• John Hart, The King of Lies
• Steve Hockensmith, Holmes on the Range
• Cornelia Read, A Field of Darkness
• Alexandra Sokoloff, The Harrowing

Paperback original award

Winner:

• Dana Cameron, Ashes And Bones

Shortlist:

• Troy Cook, 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers
• Sean Doolittle, The Cleanup
• Robert Fate, Baby Shark
• Victor Gischler, Shotgun Opera
• Naomi Hirahara, Snakeskin Shamisen
• Charlie Huston, A Dangerous Man

Short story award

Winner:

• Simon Wood, "My Father's Secret", from Working Stiffs

Shortlist:

• Megan Abbott, "Policy", from Damn Near Dead: Old, Bold, Uncontrolled
• Dana Cameron, "The Lords of Misrule", from Sugarplums And Scandal: A feast of passion and suspense for the holidays!
• Bill Crider, "Cranked", from Damn Near Dead: Old, Bold, Uncontrolled
• Toni Kelner, "Sleeping with the Plush", from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine May 2006
• Elaine Viets, "After the Fall", from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine January / February 2006

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:

• Jim Huang & Austin Lugar, Mystery Muses

Shortlist:

• Gary Warren Niebuhr, Read 'Em Their Writes
• Chris Roerden, Don't Murder your Mystery
• Daniel Stashower, The Beautiful Cigar Girl
• E. J. Wagner, The Science of Sherlock Holmes

Special service award

Winner:

• Jim Huang, Crum Creek Press and The Mystery Company

Shortlist:

• Charles Ardai, Hard Case Crime
• George Easter, Deadly Pleasures
• Jon Jordan & Ruth Jordan, Crimespree Magazine
• Lynn Kaczmarek & Chris Aldrich, Mystery News
• Ali Karim, Shots Magazine
• Barbara Franchi & Sharon Wheeler, ReviewingTheEvidence.com
• Maddy Van Hertbruggen, 4 Mystery Addicts

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. "Q & A with Kimberly Gray | Ramona DeFelice Long". Ramonadef.wordpress.com. September 19, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
4. DEBRA MCKINNEY [e-mail]. "Author Stabenow's Kate Shugak may be headed for television: Arts | Alaska news at". Adn.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
5. "AkLA 2010: Breaking New Trails" (PDF). Alaska Library Association. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
6. "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.