Bouchercon is an annualconvention of creators and devotees ofmystery anddetective fiction.^[1] It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editorAnthony Boucher; also the inspiration for theAnthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986.^[2] This page detailsBouchercon XXXVII and the 21st Anthony Awards ceremony.

The convention was held inMadison, Wisconsin on September 28, 2006; running until October 1. The event was chaired by Al Abramson.

• Lifetime Achievement award —Robert B. Parker
• Guest of Honor —M. C. Beaton
• American Guest of Honor —Nevada Barr
• Fan Guest of Honor —Jim Huang
• Toastmaster —William Kent Krueger
• Special Guest —Joseph Wambaugh

The following list details the awards distributed at the twenty-first annual Anthony Awards ceremony.^[3]

Winner:

• William Kent Krueger,Mercy Falls

Shortlist:

• Jan Burke,Bloodlines
• Michael Connelly,The Lincoln Lawyer
• Thomas H. Cook,Red Leaves
• Laura Lippman,To the Power of Three

Winner:

• Chris Grabenstein,Tilt-a-Whirl

Shortlist:

• Megan Abbott,Die a Little
• Brian Freeman,Immoral
• Randall Hicks,The Baby Game
• Theresa Schwegel,Office Down

Winner:

• Reed Farrel Coleman,The James Deans

Shortlist:

• Allan Guthrie,Kiss Her Goodbye
• Charlie Huston,Six Bad Things
• Susan McBride,Good Girl's Guide to Murder
• P. J. Parrish,A Killing Rain

Winner:

• Barbara Seranella, "Misdirection", fromGreatest Hits: Original Stories of Assassins, Hit Men and Hired Guns

Shortlist:

• Libby Fischer Hellmann, "House Rules", fromMurder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation
• Nancy Pickard, "There is No Crime on Easter Island", fromEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine September / October 2005
• Marcia Talley, "Driven to Distraction", fromChesapeake Crimes II: 15 Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder
• Elaine Viets, "Killer Blonde: A Dead-End Job Mystery", fromDrop-Dead Blonde

Winner:

• Marvin Lachman,The Heirs of Anthony Boucher

Shortlist:

• Hallie Ephron,Writing and Selling your Mystery Novel
• Stuart Kaminsky,Behind the Mystery
• Leslie Klinger,New Annotated Sherlock Holmes
• Melanie Rehak,Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women who Created Her

Winner:

• Jon Jordan &Ruth Jordan,Crimespree Magazine

Shortlist:

• George Easter,Deadly Pleasures
• Lynn Kaczmarek & Chris Aldrich,Mystery News
• Janet Rudolph,Mystery Readers Journal
• Brian Skupin & Kate Stine,Mystery Scene Magazine

Winner:

• Janet Rudolph,Mystery Readers International

Shortlist:

• George Easter,Deadly Pleasures
• Maddy Van Hertbruggen,4 Mystery Addicts
• Sarah Weinman,Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind

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