Bouchercon XIX

Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction.^[1] It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher; also the inspiration for the Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986.^[2] This page details Bouchercon XIX and the 3rd Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon XIX
"Murder Sunny Side Up"
Date	October 7, 1988 (1988-10-07)
Location	San Diego, California
Country	USA
Hosted by	Phyllis Brown & Ray Hardy
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Bouchercon

The convention was held in San Diego, California on October 7, 1988; running until the 9th. The event was chaired by Phyllis Brown, of local mystery bookshop "Grounds For Murder", and Ray Hardy.^[3]

Special Guests

• Guest of Honor — Charlotte MacLeod
• Fan Guest of Honor — Bruce Taylor
• Toastmaster — Robert Barnard

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the third annual Anthony Awards ceremony.^[4]

Novel award

Winner:

• Tony Hillerman, Skinwalkers

Shortlist:

• Linda Barnes, A Trouble of Fools
• Aaron Elkins, Old Bones
• Elizabeth Peters, Trojan Gold
• Nancy Pickard, Marriage is Murder

First novel award

Winner:

• Gillian Roberts, Caught Dead in Philadelphia

Shortlist:

• Michael Allegretto, Death on the Rocks
• Robert J. Bowman, The House of Blue Lights
• Mary Monica Pulver, Murder at the War: A Modern-Day Mystery With a Medieval Setting
• Les Roberts, An Infinite Number of Monkeys

Paperback original award

Winner:

• Robert Crais, The Monkey's Raincoat

Shortlist:

• Lilian Jackson Braun, The Cat Who Played Brahms
• Carolyn G. Hart, Death on Demand
• Conrad Haynes, Bishop's Gambit, Declined
• Lia Matera, Where Lawyers Fear to Tread
• Sharyn McCrumb, Bimbos of the Death Sun

Short story award

Winner:

• Robert Barnard, "Breakfast Television", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine January 1987

Shortlist:

• Max Allan Collins, "Scrap", from The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
• Harlan Ellison, "Soft Monkey", from Mystery Scene Reader: A Special Tribute to John D. MacDonald
• Ed Gorman, "Turn Away", from The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
• Joyce Harrington, "The Au Pair Girl", from A Matter Of Crime

Movie award

Winner:

• The Big Easy

Shortlist:

• Black Widow
• Fatal Attraction
• No Way Out
• RoboCop
• Stakeout

Television series award

Winner:

• Mystery!

Shortlist:

• The Equalizer
• Murder She Wrote
• Private Eye
• Wiseguy