Anthony Award

The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911-1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America.

The Anthony Awards are among the most prestigious awards in the world of mystery writers and have helped boost the careers of numerous recipients.

According to Bouchercon rules, the awards are given in the following categories:
* Best Novel
* Best First Novel
* Best Paperback Original
* Best Short Story
* Best Critical Nonfiction Work
* Special Service Award
* Up to three wild card awards

Best Novel

2000s

*2007 Laura Lippman, "No Good Deeds"
*2006 William Kent Krueger, "Mercy Falls"
*2005 William Kent Krueger, "Blood Hollow"
*2004 Laura Lippman, "Every Secret Thing"
*2003 Michael Connelly, "City of Bones"
*2002 Dennis Lehane, "Mystic River"
*2001 Val McDermid, "A Place of Execution"
*2000 Peter Robinson, "In a Dry Season"

1990s

*1999 Michael Connelly, "Blood Work"
*1998 S. J. Rozan, "No Colder Place"
*1997 Michael Connelly, "The Poet"
*1996 Mary Willis Walker, "Under the Beetle's Cellar"
*1995 Sharyn McCrumb, "She Walks These Hills"
*1994 Marcia Muller, "Wolf in the Shadows"
*1993 Margaret Maron, "Bootlegger's Daughter"
*1992 Peter Lovesey, "The Last Detective"
*1991 Sue Grafton, ""G" Is for Gumshoe"
*1990 Sarah Caudwell, "The Sirens Song of Murder"

1980s

*1989 Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"
*1988 Tony Hillerman, "Skinwalkers"
*1987 Sue Grafton, ""C" Is for Corpse"
*1986 Sue Grafton, ""B" Is for Burglar"

Best First Novel

2000s

*2007 Louise Penny, "Still Life"
*2006 Chris Grabenstein, "Tilt-a-Whirl"
*2005 Harley Jane Kozak, "Dating Dead Man"
*2004 P. J. Tracy, "Monkeewrench"
*2003 Julia Spencer-Fleming, "In the Bleak Midwinter"
*2002 C. J. Box, "Open Season"
*2001 Qiu Xiaolong, "Death of a Red Heroine"
*2000 Donna Andrews, "Murder with Peacocks"

1990s

*1999 William Kent Krueger, "Iron Lake"
*1998 Lee Child, "Killing Floor"
*1997 Dale Furutani, "Death in Little Tokyo" :and Terris McMahan Grimes, "Somebody Else's Child"
*1996 Virginia Lanier, "Death in Bloodhound Red"
*1995 Caleb Carr, "The Alienist"
*1994 Nevada Barr, "Track of the Cat"
*1993 Barbara Neely, "Blanche on the Lam"
*1992 Sue Henry, "Murder on the Iditarod Trail"
*1991 Patricia Cornwell, "Postmortem"
*1990 Karen Kijewski, "Katwalk"

1980s

*1989 Elizabeth George, "A Great Deliverance"
*1988 Gillian Roberts, "Caught Dead in Philadelphia"
*1987 Bill Crider, "Too Late to Die"
*1986 Jonathan Kellerman, "When the Bough Breaks"

Best Paperback Original

2000s

*2007 Dana Cameron, "Ashes and Bones"
*2006 Reed Farrel Coleman, "The James Deans"
*2005 Jason Starr, "Twisted City"
*2004 Robin Burcell, "Deadly Legacy"
*2003 Robin Burcell, "Fatal Truth"
*2002 Charlaine Harris, "Dead Until Dark"
*2001 Kate Grilley, "Death Dances to a Reggae Beat"
*2000 Laura Lippman, "In Big Trouble"

1990s

*1999 Laura Lippman, "Butcher's Hill"
*1998 Rick Riordan, "Big Red Tequila"
*1997 Terris McMahan Grimes, "Somebody Else's Child"
*1996 Harlan Coben, "Deal Breaker"
*1995 "no award given"
*1994 "no award given"
*1993 "no award given"
*1992 "no award given"
*1991 James McCahery, "Grave Undertaking":and Rochelle Krich, "Where's Mommy Now?"
*1990 Carolyn Hart, "Honeymoon with Murder"

1980s

*1989 Carolyn Hart, "Something Wicked"
*1988 Robert Crais, "The Monkey's Raincoat"
*1987 Robert Campbell, "The Junkyard Dog"
*1986 Nancy Pickard, "Say No To Murder"

External links

* [http://www.bouchercon.info/index.html Official website of Bouchercon World Mystery Convention]