The winners of the 2019 Anthony Awards have been announced at the annual Bouchercon world mystery conference, held this year and this weekend in Dallas, TX. This was the 50th annual Bouchercon, a conference named in honor of Anthony Boucher, mystery and science fiction editor, critic and author. Here are the winners and runners-up for the five awards presented this year:
Best Critical or Nonfiction Work
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, by Michelle McNamara
Runners-Up:
- Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin;
- Mastering Plot Twists: How to Use Suspense, Targeted Storytelling Strategies, and Structure to Captivate Your Readers by Jane K. Cleland;
- Pulp According to David Goodis by Jay A. Gertzman;
- Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger;
- The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman.
Best Short Story
"The Grass Beneath My Feet" by S. A. Cosby, in Tough Blogazine
Runners-Up:
- "Bug Appetit" by Barb Goffman, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine;
- "Cold Beer No Flies" by Greg Herren, in Florida Happens;
- "English 398: Fiction Workshop" by Art Taylor, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine;
- "The Best-Laid Plans" by Holly West, in Florida Happens.
Best First Novel
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Runners-Up:
- Broken Places, by Tracy Clark;
- Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver;
- What Doesn't Kill You by Aimee Hix;
- Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin.
Best Paperback Original Novel
Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day;
Runners-Up:
- Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett;
- If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin;
- Hiroshima Boy by Haomi Hirahara;
- A Stone's Throw by James W. Ziskin
Best Novel
November Road by Lou Berney;
Runners-Up:
- Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott;
- Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier;
- Sunburn by Laura Lippman;
- Blackout by Alex Segura.
Attendees at this year's Bouchercon voted to determine the winners. Congratulations to winners and runners-up!
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