Fiction

Bouchercon is an annual conference named after Anthony Boucher, a mystery author and critic who helped found the Mystery Writers of America. This event honors various segments of the mystery and crime fiction community. Take a look at the nominees and the winners for the coveted Anthony Awards. The winners (indicated in red) were announced during virtual BoucherCon in August.

Best Hardcover Novel

• What You Don’t See – Tracy Clark
• Blacktop Wasteland – S.A. Cosby
• Little Secrets – Jennifer Hillier
• And Now She’s Gone – Rachel Howzell Hall
• The First to Lie – Hank Phillippi Ryan
   

Best First Novel

• Derailed – Mary Keliikoa
• Murder in Old Bombay – Nev March
• Murder at the Mena House – Erica Ruth Neubauer
• The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman
• Winter Counts – David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Best Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel

• ​The Fate of a Flapper – Susanna Calkins
• When No One is Watching – Alyssa Cole
• Unspeakable Things – Jess Lourey
• The Lucky One – Lori Rader-Day
• Dirty Old Town – Gabriel Valjan

Best Short Story

• “Dear Emily Etiquette” – Barb Goffman – EQMM – Dell Magazines
• “90 Miles” – Alex Segura – Both Sides: Stories From the Border – Agora Books
• “The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74” – Art Taylor – AHMM (Jan-Feb) – Dell Magazines
• “Elysian Fields” – Gabriel Valjan – California Schemin’ – Wildside Press
• “The Twenty-Five Year Engagement” – James W. Ziskin – In League with Sherlock Holmes – Pegasus Crime

Best Juvenile/Young Adult

• Midnight at the Barclay Hotel – Fleur Bradley
• Premeditated Myrtle – Elizabeth C. Bunce
• From the Desk of Zoe Washington – Janae Marks
• Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco – Richie Narvaez
• Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall – Alex Segura

Best Anthology or Collection

• Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press Anthology – Heather Graham, ed.
• Both Sides: Stories from the Border – Gabino Iglesias, ed.
• Noiryorican – Richie Narvaez
• The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell – Josh Pachter, ed.
• California Schemin’ – Art Taylor. ed.
• Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic – Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle, eds.

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!