Anthony Award

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The Anthony Awards are US literary prizes that are presented annually at the Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention , or “ Bouchercon ” for short . Like the congress, which takes on classic crime and mystery novels , the award is dedicated to the author and critic Anthony Boucher (1911–1968). Boucher wrote the New York Times column Criminals at Large for 17 years , which earned him a high reputation as a critic in the field of crime fiction. He was a co-founder of the Mystery Writers of America . The Anthony Awards count next to thatEdgar and Shamus Award with the most important US crime prizes.

Categories and voting procedures

The Anthony Awards were first given in 1986. The categories vary from year to year, but prizes are regularly awarded for the best English-language novels, debut novels, short stories, original paperbacks and non-fiction works published in the previous year. The organizers of the Bouchercon draw up a list of nominees in advance, based on surveys of fans of the crime genre. As a rule, five title contenders meet in each category and have won the most votes in advance. The winners are also chosen by fans, the Bouchercon visitors, and honored at the congress during an award ceremony. Well-known authors such as Elizabeth George , Thomas Harris , Tony Hillerman , Dennis Lehane and Val McDermid are among the winners of recent years .

In 2000, as part of the Millennium Celebration, the best achievements by crime writers of the past century were honored once. As the best mystery novel sat Daphne du Maurier's 1938 published work Rebecca against Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep ( The Big Sleep , 1939), Agatha Christie's Alibi ( The Murder of Roger Ackroyd , 1926), Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon ( The Maltese Falcon , 1930) and Dorothy L. Sayer's uproar in Oxford ( Gaudy Night , 1935). As the best series, Agatha Christie triumphed with her Hercule Poirot series ahead of Ed McBain (87th Police Station), Marcia Muller (Sharon McCone series), Dorothy L. Sayers ( Lord Peter Wimsey series ) and Rex Stout ( Nero Wolves series ). Christie also received the Best Writer of the Century award, while Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Dorothy L. Sayers and Rex Stout were nominated.

The award categories regularly awarded since 1986 are:

  • Best Mystery Novel
  • Best First Mystery
  • Best Short Story
  • Best paperback novel (Best Paperback Original).

Since 1991, a prize has also been awarded in the Best Critical / Nonfiction category.

In addition to the regularly awarded categories, there are also so-called Wildcat Awards , which are special prizes awarded in changing categories, for example Best Series Title (Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series) or Best Website (Best Online Content).

In addition to the Anthony Awards, the Bouchercon also repeatedly honors an author for his life's work (Lifetime Achievement). However, this honor does not count as an Anthony Award.

Award winners

Multiple allocation in a year is indicated by a separating slash ("/").

Best novel

Best first novel

Best short story

  • 1987: Sue Grafton : The Parker Shotgun ( Mean Streets , Collins)
  • 1988: Robert Barnard : Breakfast Television ( Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , January 1987)
  • 1989: not awarded
  • 1990: Nancy Pickard : Afraid All the Time ( Sisters In Crime , Berkley)
  • 1991: Sue Dunlap : The Celestial Buffet ( Sisters in Crime 2 , Berkley)
  • 1992: Liza Cody : Lucky Dip ( A Woman's Eye , Delacorte)
  • 1993: Diane Mott Davidson : Cold Turkey ( Sisters in Crime 5 , Berkley)
  • 1994: Susan Dunlap : Checkout ( Malice Domestic 2 , Pocket Books)
  • 1995: Sharyn McCrumb : The Monster of Glamis ( Royal Crimes: New Tales of Blue Bloody Murder , Mass Market)
  • 1996: Gar Anthony Haywood : And Pray Nobody Sees You ( Spooks, spies, and private eyes:
    Black mystery, crime, and suspense fiction     , Doubleday)
  • 1997: Carolyn Wheat : Accidents Will Happen ( Malice domestic 5 , Pocket Books)
  • 1998: Jan Grape : A Front Row Seats ( Vengeance is Hers , Signet) / Edward D. Hoch : One Bag of Coconuts (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1997)
  • 1999: Barbara D'Amato : Of Course, You Know Chocolate is a Vegetable (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1998)
  • 2000: Margaret Chittenden : Noir Light (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1999)
  • 2001: Edward D. Hoch : The Problem of the Potting Shed (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 2000)
  • 2002: Bill Crider
    Judy Crider : Chocolate Moose ( Death Dines at 8:30 , Berkley Prime Crime)
  • 2003: Marcia Talley : Too many Cooks ( Much About Murder , Berkeley Prime Crime)
  • 2004: Rhys Bown : Doppelganger ( Blood On Their Hands , Berkeley Prime Crime)
  • 2005: Elaine Viets : Wedding Knife ( Chesapeake Crimes , Quiet Storm)
  • 2006: Barbara Seranella : Misdirection ( Greatest Hits , Carroll & Graf)
  • 2007: Simon Wood : My Father's Secret ( CrimeSpreeMagazine , Boucheron Special Issue 2006)
  • 2008: Laura Lippman : Hardly Knew Her ( Stories , William Morrow)
  • 2009: Sean Chercover : A Sleep Not Unlike Death (Todd Robinson: Hardcore, hardboiled , Kensington 2008)
  • 2010: Hank Phillippi Ryan : On the House ( Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers , Level Best Books)
  • 2011: Dana Cameron : Swing Shift (Charlaine Harris (Ed.): Crimes by Moonlight , Berkley Prime Crime)
  • 2012: Dana Cameron : Disarming (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2011)
  • 2013: Dana Cameron : Mischief Mesopotamia (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2012)
  • 2014: John Connolly : The Caxton Lending Library & Book Deporsitory ( Bibliomysteries , The Mysterious Bookshop)
  • 2015: Art Taylor (Author) : The Odds are Against US (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2014)
  • 2016: Megan Abbott : The Little Men: A Bibliomystery (MysteriousPress.com/Open Road)
  • 2017: Megan Abbott : Oxford Girl ( Mississippi Noir , Akashic)
  • 2018: Hilary Davidson : My Side of the Matter ( Killing Malmon , Down & Out Books)
  • 2019: SA Cosby : The Grass Beneath My Feet ( Tough , August 20, 2018)

Best paperback novel

Best non-fiction book

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Schumann, Thomas; Schlenz, Kester: Signs of life from beyond . In: Stern , April 12, 2006, culture, p. 243
  2. ↑ cf. Overview of the Anthony Award ceremony from 2003 to 2005 at bookreporter.com ( Memento from January 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  3. ↑ cf. Award ceremony in 2000 at mysterynet.com (English)