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The 2004 Anthony Awards were announced on October 9th in Toronto at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention. The awards are named in honor of Anthony Boucher, long-time mystery critic for the New York Times who helped found the Mystery Writers of America organization.
The winners included:
Best Novel
EVERY SECRET THING by Laura Lippman (William Morrow, Orion UK)
Best First Novel
MONKEEWRENCH/WANT TO PLAY? by P.J. Tracy (Putnam, Michael Joseph UK)
Best Paperback Original
DEADLY LEGACY by Robin Burcell (Avon)
Best Short Story
DOPPELGANGER by Rhys Bowen (in Blood On Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley Prime Crime)
Best Young Adult Mystery
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by J.K. Rowling (Raincoast Books Canada, Bloomsbury UK, Scholastic US)
Best Historical Mystery
FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE by Rhys Bowen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Best Critical/Non-Fiction Work
MAKE MINE A MYSTERY: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction by Gary Warren Niebuhr (Libraries Unlimited)
Best Fan Publications
Mystery Scene Magazine ed. Kate Stine
Lifetime Achievement Award
Bernard Cornwell
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More information about the Anthony Awards can be found at http://www.bouchercon2004.com/anthonyawards/index.shtml.
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Nominees
This year's Anthony Awards, prizes awarded for excellence in mystery writing, will be presented on Saturday, October 9, 2004. The nominations for the awards, which are named for former New York Times mystery critic Anthony Boucher, are made by Bouchercon registrants from among works published in the previous calendar year in various categories. And the nominees are...
Best Novel
THE DELICATE STORM by Giles Blunt (Random House Canada, Harper Collins UK, Putnam US)
BLOOD IS THE SKY by Steve Hamilton (Thomas Dunne Books)
SHUTTER ISLAND by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow, Bantam UK)
EVERY SECRET THING by Laura Lippman (William Morrow, Orion UK)
THE SUMMER THAT NEVER WAS/CLOSE TO HOME by Peter Robinson (McClelland and Stewart Canada, Pan MacMillan UK, William Morrow US)
Best First Novel
HAUNTED GROUND by Erin Hart (Simon and Schuster, Scribner US)
DEATH OF A NATIONALIST by Rebecca Pawel (Soho Press )
MONKEEWRENCH/WANT TO PLAY? by P.J. Tracy (Putnam, Michael Joseph UK)
WILEY'S LAMENT by Lono Waiwaiole (St. Martin's Minotaur)
MAISIE DOBBS by Jacqueline Winspear (Soho Press , John Murray UK)
Best Paperback Original
DEADLY LEGACY by Robin Burcell (Avon)
DEALING IN MURDER by Elaine Flinn (Avon)
THICKER THAN WATER by P.J. Parrish (Pinnacle Press)
TOUGH LUCK by Jason Starr (Vintage/Black Lizard)
FIND ME AGAIN by Sylvia Maultash Warsh (Dundurn Press)
Best Short Story
THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER by Sandy Balzo (in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mar 2003)
MUNCHIES by Jack Bludis (in Hardbroiled, ed. Michael Bracken, Betancourt and Company)
DOPPELGANGER by Rhys Bowen (in Blood On Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley Prime Crime)
WANDA WILCOX IS TRAPPED by Eddie Muller (in Plots With Guns, Sept/Oct 2003)
RED MEAT by Elaine Viets (in Blood On Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley Prime Crime)
Best Young Adult Mystery
ARTEMIS FOWL -The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer (Viking Children's Books, Miramax Kids US)
FEAST OF FOOLS by Bridget Crowley (Margaret K. McElderry Books )
SEVENTH KNOT by Kathleen Karr (Marshall Cavendish)
NO ESCAPE by Norah McClintock (Scholastic)
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by J.K. Rowling (Raincoast Books Canada, Bloomsbury UK, Scholastic US)
Best Historical Mystery
FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE by Rhys Bowen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
LET LOOSE THE DOGS by Maureen Jennings (St. Martin's Minotaur, Thomas Dunne Canada)
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS by Olen Steinhauer (St. Martin's Minotaur)
FIND ME AGAIN by Sylvia Maultash Warsh (Dundurn Press)
MAISIE DOBBS by Jacqueline Winspear (Soho Press, John Murray UK)
Best Critical/Non-Fiction Work
MYSTERY WOMEN: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters In Mystery Fiction, Vol III by Colleen Barnett (Poisoned Pen Press)
THE STORY OF JANE DOE: A Book About Rape by Jane Doe (Random House)
INTERROGATIONS by Jon Jordan (Mystery One Books)
MAKE MINE A MYSTERY: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction by Gary Warren Niebuhr (Libraries Unlimited)
BEAUTIFUL SHADOW: A Life of Patricia Highsmith by Andrew Wilson (Bloomsbury)
Best Fan Publications
Deadly Pleasures ed. George Easter
The Drood Review ed. Jim Huang
Mystery News ed. Lynn Kaczmarek & Chris Aldrich
Mystery Readers Journal ed. Janet A. Rudolph
Mystery Scene Magazine ed. Kate Stine
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Bouchercon 35 will be held in Toronto October 7-10, 2004. More information about Bouchercon and the Anthony Awards can be found at http://www.bouchercon2004.com.
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