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Bouchercon XXX

1999 mystery and detective fiction convention

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1999 mystery and detective fiction convention

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name	Bouchercon XXX
subheader	"Mischief in the Midwest"
date
location	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
country	USA
host	Ted Hertel, Gary Warren Niebuhr
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main	Bouchercon
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Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction. It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher; it is also the inspiration for the Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986. This page details Bouchercon XXX and the 14th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 30, 1999; running until October 3. The event was chaired by author Ted Hertel, and non-fiction author Gary Warren Niebuhr.

Special Guests

Lifetime Achievement awards — Len & June Moffatt
Guest of Honor — Max Allan Collins
International Guest of Honor — Reginald Hill
Fan Guests of Honor — Beverly DeWeese and Maggie Mason
Toastmaster — Parnell Hall

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the fourteenth annual Anthony Awards ceremony.

Novel award

Winner:

Michael Connelly, Blood Work

Shortlist:

Nevada Barr, Blind Descent
Reginald Hill, On Beulah Height
Dennis Lehane, Gone, Baby, Gone
Aileen Schumacher, Framework for Death

First novel award

Winner:

William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake

Shortlist:

Jerrilyn Farmer, Sympathy for the Devil
Jacqueline Fiedler, Tiger's Palette
Steve Hamilton, A Cold Day in Paradise
Donald Harstad, Eleven Days

Paperback original award

Winner:

Laura Lippman, Butchers Hill

Shortlist:

Sujata Massey, Zen Attitude
Rick Riordan, Widower's Two-Step
Caroline Roe, Remedy for Treason
Steven Womack, Murder Manual

Short story award

Winner:

Barbara D'Amato, "Of Course You Know that Chocolate is a Vegetable", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine November 1998

Shortlist:

Jan Burke, "Two Bits", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine May 1998
Harlan Coben, "A Simple Philosophy", from Malice Domestic 7
Rick Riordan, "A Small Silver Gun", from Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine
Peter Robinson, "The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage", from Not Safe After Dark

Critical / Non-fiction award

Winner:

George Easter, Deadly Pleasures

Shortlist:

Alzina Stone Dale, Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: Washington, D.C.
Eddie Muller, Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir
Victoria Nichols & Susan Thompson, Silk Stalkings: More Women Write of Murder
Robin Winks & Maureen Corrigan, Mystery And Suspense writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage

References

"Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Home". Bouchercon.info.
Jacobsen, Teresa. (November 4, 2010). "Bouchercon 2010 by the Bay: The World Series of Mystery". Libraryjournal.com.
"Ted Hertel | Mystery Writers of America". Mysterywriters.org.
(May 17, 1994). "Agenda - Author appearance". The Milwaukee Journal.
"Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info.

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