Sunday, October 15, 2017

ANTHONY AWARDS 2017


ANTHONY AWARDS

The Anthony Awards were given out at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Toronto, Canada today.


ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS 

Best Novel
A Great Reckoning – Louise Penny [Minotaur]


Best First Novel
IQ – Joe Ide [Mulholland]


Best Paperback Original
Heart of Stone – James W. Ziskin [Seventh Street]


Best Short Story
"Oxford Girl" – Megan Abbott, Mississippi Noir [Akashic]


Best Critical Nonfiction Work
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life – Ruth Franklin [Liveright]


Best Children’s/YA Novel
The Girl I Used to Be – April Henry [Henry Holt] 


Best Anthology
Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016 – Greg Herren, ed. [Down & Out]


Best Novella (8,000-40,000 words)
The Last Blue Glass – B.K. Stevens, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 2016 [Dell]


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About the Anthony Awards
The Anthony Award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America. Anthony Award Categories. 

About Bouchercon: 
Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is an annual convention where readers, writers, fans, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers, and other lovers of crime fiction gather for a 4-day weekend of education, entertainment, and fun! It is the world’s premiere event bringing together all parts of the mystery and crime fiction community, and is pronounced [bough’·chur·con]. 


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