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The Anthony Awards
The Anthony Awards are given at each annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention with the winners selected by attendees. The 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.
- 2013
- Best Novel Nominee:
- Dare Me by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown)
- The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover (Thomas & Mercer)
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
- The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
- The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)
- Best First Novel Nominee:
- Don't Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman (St. Martin's Press)
- The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam)
- The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown)
- The 500 by Matthew Quirk (Little, Brown)
- Black Fridays by Michael Sears (Putnam)
- Best Paperback Original Nominee:
- Whiplash River by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
- Murder for Choir by Joelle Charbonneau (Berkley Prime Crime)
- And She Was by Alison Gaylin (Harper)
- Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Atria Books)
- Big Maria by Johnny Shaw (Thomas & Mercer)
- Best Short Story Nominee:
- "Mischief in Mesopotamia" by Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 2012)
- "Kept in the Dark" by Shelia Connolly (Best New England Crime Stories: Blood Moon, Level Best)
- "The Lord Is My Shamus" by Barb Goffman (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder, Wildside)
- "Peaches" by Todd Robinson (Grift, Spring 2012)
- "The Unremarkable Heart" by Karin Slaughter (Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance, Mulholland Books)
- Best Critical/Non-Fiction Work Nominee:
- Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950 by Joseph Goodrich, editor (Perfect Crime)
- The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie by Mathew Prichard, editor (Harper)
- In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero by Otto Penzler, editor (Smart Pop)
- Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels by John Connolly and Declan Burke, editors (Hodder & Stoughton)
- More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered by D. P. Lyle (Medallion)
- 2012
- Best Novel: A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
- Best First Novel: Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry (Crown)
- Best Paperback Original: Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy (Berkley Prime Crime)
- Best Short Story: "Disarming" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine) by Dana Cameron
- Best Non-Fiction: The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris, editor (Ace)
- 2011
- Best Novel: Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
- Best First Novel: Damage Done by Hilary Davidson (Forge Books)
- Best Paperback Original: Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski (Minotaur Books)
- Best Short Story: "Swing Shift" in Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side by Dana Cameron (Berkley)
- Best Graphic Novel: The Chill by Jason Starr (Vertigo Crime)
- Best Critical Non-Fiction: Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks by John Curran (HarperCollins)
- Best Website/Blog: Stop, You're Killing Me
- 2010
- Best Novel: The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
- Best First Novel: A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield (Minotaur Books)
- Best Paperback Original: Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley (Touchstone)
- Best Short Story: "On the House" (Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers) by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Level Best Books)
- Best Critical Non-Fiction: Talking about Detective Fiction by P. D. James (Knopf)
- 2009
- Best Novel: The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
- Best First Novel: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
- Best Paperback Original: State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (Berkley)
- 2008
- Best Novel: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
- Best First Novel: In the Woods by Tana French
- Best Paperback Original: A Thousand Bones by P. J. Parrish
- 2007
- Best Novel: No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman
- Best First Novel: Still Life by Louise Penny
- Best Paperback Original: Ashes and Bones by Dana Cameron
- 2006
- Best Novel: Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger
- Best First Novel: Tilt-a-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein
- Best Paperback Original: The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman
- 2005
- Best Novel: Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger
- Best First Novel: Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak
- Best Paperback: Twisted City by Jason Starr
- 2004
- Best Novel: Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman
- Best First Novel: Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy
- Best Paperback: Deadly Legacy by Robin Burcell
- 2003
- Best Novel: City of Bones by Michael Connelly
- Best First Novel: In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
- Best Paperback: Fatal Truth by Robin Burcell
- 2002
- Best Novel: Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
- Best First Novel: Open Season by C. J. Box
- Best Paperback: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
- 2001
- Best Novel: A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
- Best First Novel: Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
- Best Paperback: Death Dances to a Reggae Beat by Kate Grilley
- 2000
- Best Novel: In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
- Best First Novel: Murder, with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
- Best Paperback: In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman
- 1999
- Best Novel: Blood Work by Michael Connelly
- Best First Novel: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
- Best Paperback: Butcher's Hill by Laura Lippman
- 1998
- Best Novel: No Colder Place by S. J. Rozan
- Best First Novel: Killing Floor by Lee Child
- Best Paperback: Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan
- 1997
- Best Novel: The Poet by Michael Connelly
- Best First Novel: Death in Little Toyko by Dale Furutani
- Best Paperback: Somebody Else's Child by Terris McMahan Grimes
- 1996
- Best Novel: Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker
- Best First Novel: Death in Bloodhound Red by Virginia Lanier
- Best Paperback: Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
- 1995
- Best Novel: She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
- Best First Novel: The Alienist by Caleb Carr
- 1994
- Best Novel: Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller
- Best First Novel: Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- 1993
- Best Novel: Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
- Best First Novel: Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely
- 1992
- Best Novel: The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey
- Best First Novel: Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry
- 1991
- Best Novel: G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
- Best First Novel: Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
- Best Paperback: Grave Undertaking by James McCahery
- 1990
- Best Novel: The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell
- Best First Novel: Katwalk by Karen Kijewski
- Best Paperback: Honeymoon with Murder by Carolyn G. Hart
- 1989
- Best Novel: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
- Best First Novel: A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
- Best Paperback: Something Wicked by Carolyn Hart
- 1988
- Best Novel: Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
- Best First Novel: Caught Dead in Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts
- Best Paperback: The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais
- 1987
- Best Novel: C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
- Best First Novel: Too Late to Die by Bill Crider
- Best Paperback: Junkyard Dog by Robert Campbell
- 1986
- Best Novel: B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
- Best First Novel: When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
- Best Paperback: Say No to Murder by Nancy Pickard
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