Anthony Awards from Bouchercon World Mystery
Year shown is year of the award.
Best Novel: Every Secret Thing, by Laura Lippman (2003).
Best First Mystery Novel: Monkeewrench/Want to Play?, by P. J. Tracy (2003).
Best Paperback Original: Deadly Legacy, by Robin Burcell (2003).
Best Short Story: Doppleganger, by Rhys Bowen (Blood on Their Hands, edited by Lawrence Block, 2003).
Best Critical/Nonfiction: Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction,
by Gary Warren Niebuhr (2003).
Best Historical Mystery: For the Love of Mike, by Rhys Bowen (2003).
Best Young Adult Mystery: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J. K. Rowling (2003).
| 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada |
Best Novel: City of Bones, by Michael Connelly (2002).
Best First Mystery Novel: In the Bleak Midwinter, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (2002).
Best Paperback Original: Fatal Truth, by Robin Burcell (2002).
Best Short Story: Too Many Crooks, by Marcia Talley (Much Ado About Murder, edited by, 2002).
Best Critical Work: They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Under Appreciated and Forgotten Mystery Novels,
by Jim Huang (2002).
Best Novel: Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane (2001).
Best First Mystery Novel: Open Season, by C. J. Box (2001).
Best Paperback Original: Dead until Dark, by Charlaine Harris (2001).
Best Short Story: Chocolate Moose, by Bill Crider and Judy Crider (Death Dines at 8:30, 2001).
Best Nonfiction: Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir, by Tony Hillerman (2001).
| 2001 in Arlington, Virginia |
Best Novel: A Place of Execution, by Val McDermid (2000).
Best First Mystery Novel: Death of a Red Heroine, by Qiu Xiaolong (2000).
Best Paperback Original: Death Dances to a Reggae Beat, by Kate Grilley (2000).
Best Short Story: The Problem of the Potting Shed, by Edward D. Hoch (EQ, #707, July, 2000).
Best Collection/Anthology: Masters' Choice II, edited by Lawrence Block (2000).
Best Critical Nonfiction: 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century, by Jim Huang (2000).
Best Fan Publication of 2000: Mystery News, edited by Chris Aldrich and Lynn Kaczmarek.
Best Novel: In a Dry Season, by Peter Robinson (1999).
Best First Mystery Novel: Murder, with Peacocks, by Donna Andrews (1999).
Best Paperback Original: In Big Trouble, by Laura Lippman (1999).
Best Short Story: Noir Lite, by Margaret Chittenden (EQ, #688, January, 1999).
Best Nonfiction: Detecting Women, 3rd Edition, by Wiletta Heising (1999).
Best Novel of the Century: Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier.
Best Series of the Century: Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie.
Best Writer of the Century: Agatha Christie
| 1999 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Best Novel: Blood Work, by Michael Connelly (1998).
Best First Mystery Novel: Iron Lake, by William Kent Krueger.
Best Paperback Original: Butcher's Hill, by Laura Lippman.
Best Short Story: Of Course, You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable, by Barbara D'Amato (EQ, #686, November, 1998).
Best Critical Work: Deadly Pleasures Magazine, edited by George Easter.
Best Cover Art: Deadly Pleasures Magazine, edited by George Easter.
Lifetime Achievement: Len and June Moffat
| 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Best Novel: No Colder Place, by S. J. Rozan.
Best First Mystery Novel: Killing Floor, by Lee Child.
Best Paperback Original: Big Red Tequila, by Rick Riordan.
Best Short Story: Front Row Seats, by Jan Grape.
Best Short Story: One Bag of Coconuts, by Edward D. Hoch (EQ, #675, November, 1997).
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: No Award
Best True Crime: No Award
Best Critical Work: No Award
Best Fanzine: No Award
Best Movie: No Award
Best TV Series: No Award
Best Cover Art: Michael Kellner for Nights Dogs by Kent Anderson.
| 1997 in Monterey, California |
Best Novel: The Poet, by Michael Connelly (1996).
Best First Mystery Novel: Death in Little Toyko, by Dale Furutani.
Best First Mystery Novel: Somebody Else's Child, by Terris McMahan Grimes.
Best Paperback Original: Somebody Else's Child, by Terris McMahan Grimes.
Best Short Story: Accidents Will Happen, by Carolyn Wheat (Malice Domestic 5, 1996).
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: No Award
Best True Crime: No Award
Best Critical/Biographical Work: Detecting Woman 2, by Willetta Heising.
Best Fanzine: The Armchair Detective
Best Movie: No Award
Best TV Series: No Award
Best Cover Art: No Award
| 1996 in St. Paul, Minnesota |
Best Novel: Under the Beetle's Cellar, by Mary Willis Walker.
Best First Mystery Novel: Death in Bloodhound Red, by Virginia Lanier.
Best Paperback Original: Deal Breaker, by Harlan Coben.
Best Short Story: And Pray Nobody Sees You, by Gar Anthony Haywood.
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: McCone Files, by Marcia Muller.
Best True Crime: Dead by Sunset, by Ann Rule.
Best Critical Work: The Armchair Detective Book of Lists edited by Kate Stine (1995).
Best Fanzine: The Armchair Detective
Best Movie: The Usual Suspects
Best TV Series: The X-Files
Best Editor: Sara Ann Freed
Best Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Best Cover Art: for The Body in the Transept, by Jeanne M. Dams.
| 1995 in Nottingham, England |
Best Novel: She Walks These Hills, by Sharyn McCrumb.
Best First Mystery Novel: The Alienist, by Caleb Carr.
Best Paperback Original: No Award
Best Short Story: The Monster of Glamis, by Sharyn McCrumb.
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: The Mysterious West, edited by Tony Hillerman.
Best True Crime: Criminal Shadows, by David Canter.
Best Critical Work: Crime Fiction, edited by B. A. Pike and J. Cooper.
Best Movie: Pulp Fiction
Best TV Series: Prime Suspect
| 1994 in Seattle, Washington |
Best Novel: Wolf in the Shadows, by Marcia Muller (1993).
Best First Mystery Novel: Track of the Cat, by Nevada Barr
Best Paperback Original: No Award
Best Short Story: Checkout, by Susan Dunlap (Malice Domestic 2, 1993).
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: Malice Domestic 2, edited by Mary Higgins Clark.
Best True Crime: A Rose for Her Grave, by Ann Rule.
Best Critical Work: The Fine Art of Murder, edited by Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg,
Larry Segriff, and Jon L. Breen.
Best Movie: No Award
Best TV Series: No Award
Best Novel: Bootlegger's Daughter, by Margaret Maron (1992).
Best First Mystery Novel: Blanche on the Lam, by Barbara Neely.
Best Paperback Original: No Award
Best Short Story: Cold Turkey, by Diane Mott Davidson (Sisters in Crime 5, 1992).
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: No Award
Best True Crime: The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery, by Barbara D'Amato.
Best Critical Work: Doubleday Crime Club Compendium, by Ellen Nehr.
Best Movie: The Crying Game
Best TV Series: No Award
| 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Best Novel: The Last Detective, by Peter Lovesey.
Best First Mystery Novel: Murder on the Iditarod Trail, by Sue Henry.
Best Paperback Original: No Award
Best Short Story: Lucky Dip, by Liza Cody (A Woman's Eye, 1991).
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: A Woman's Eye, edited by Sara Paretsky.
Best True Crime: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, by David Simon.
Best Critical Work: 100 Great Detectives, by Maxim Jakubowski.
Best Movie: No Award
Best TV Series: No Award
| 1991 in Pasadena, California |
Best Novel: "G" Is for Gumshoe, by Sue Grafton (1991).
Best First Mystery Novel: Postmortem, by Patricia D. Cornwell.
Best Paperback Original: Grave Undertaking, by James McCahery.
Best Paperback Original: Where's Mommy Now?, by Rochelle Krich.
Best Short Story: The Celestial Buffet, by Susan Dunlap (Sisters in Crime 2, 1990).
Best Critical Work: Synod of Sleuths, by Jon L. Breen and Martin H. Greenberg.
Best Movie: Presumed Innocent
Best TV Series: Mystery!
Best Novel: The Sirens Sang of Murder, by Sarah Caudwell.
Best First Mystery Novel: Katwalk, by Karen Kijewski.
Best Paperback Original: Honeymoon for Murder, by Carolyn G. Hart.
Best Short Story: Afraid All the Time, by Nancy Pickard.
Best Movie: Crimes and Misdemeanors
Best TV Series: Inspector Morse
| 1989 in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania |
Best Novel: The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris (1988).
Best First Mystery Novel: A Great Deliverance, by Elizabeth George
Best Paperback Original: Something Wicked, by Carolyn Hart.
Best Movie: No Award
Best TV Series: No Award
| 1988 in San Diego, California |
Best Novel: Skinwalkers, by Tony Hillerman (1987).
Best First Mystery Novel: Caught Dead in Phildelphia, by Gillian Roberts.
Best Paperback Original: The Monkey's Raincoat, by Robert Crais.
Best Short Story: Television Breakfast, by Robert Barnard (EQ, 1987).
Best Movie: The Big Easy
Best TV Series: Mystery!
| 1987 in Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Best Novel: "C" Is for Corpse, by Sue Grafton (1986).
Best First Mystery Novel: Too Late to Die, by Bill Crider.
Best Paperback Original: Junkyard Dog, by Robert Campbell.
Best Short Story: The Parke Shotgun, by Sue Grafton (Mean Streets, 1986).
Best Movie: No Award
Best TV Series: No Award
| 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland |
Best Novel: "B" Is for Burglar, by Sue Grafton.
Best First Mystery Novel: When the Bough Breaks, by Jonathan Kellerman.
Best Paperback Original: Say No to Murder, by Nancy Pickard.
Best Short Story: Lucky Penny, by Linda Barnes.
Best Movie: Witness
Best TV Series: Murder, She Wrote.
Grand Master: Barbara Mertz
