Last weekend was Bouchercon, a mystery convention for writers & readers. Lots of awards were presented -

ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS
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Chosen by voted by members of Bouchercon 2002.

* Best Novel: MYSTIC RIVER, by Dennis Lehane (Morrow)

Also Nominated: THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN, by Rick Riordan (Bantam); FLIGHT, by Jan Burke (Simon & Schuster); REFLECTING THE SKY, by S. J. Rozan (St. Martin's Minotaur); and TELL NO ONE, by Harlan Coben (Delacorte)

* Best First Novel: OPEN SEASON, by C. J. Box (Putnam)

Also Nominated: AUSTIN CITY BLUE, by Jan Grape (Five Star); THE JASMINE TRADE, by Denise Hamilton (Scribner); THIRD PERSON SINGULAR, by K. J. Erickson (St. Martin's); and A WITNESS ABOVE, by Andy Straka (Signet)

* Best Paperback Original: DEAD UNTIL DARK, by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

Also Nominated: DEAD OF WINTER, by P. J. Parrish (Pinnacle); DIM SUM DEAD, by Jerrilyn Farmer (Avon); THE HOUDINI SPECTER, by Daniel Stashower (Avon); and A KISS GONE BAD, by Jeff Abbott (Onyx)

* Best Short Fiction: "Chocolate Moose," by Bill & Judy Crider (in DEATH DINES AT 8:30, edited by Claudia Bishop and Nick DiChario; Berkley Prime Crime)

Also Nominated: "Bitter Waters," by Rochelle Krich (in CRIMINAL KABBALAH, edited by Lawrence W. Raphael; Jewish Lights Publishing); "Double-Crossing Delancy," by S.J. Rozan (in MYSTERY STREET, edited by Robert J. Randisi; Signet); "My Bonnie Lies," by Ted Hertel Jr. (in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF LEGAL THRILLERS, edited by Michael Hemmingson; Carroll & Graf); "Virgo in
Sapphires," by Margaret Maron (in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2001)

* Best Nonfiction/Critical Work: SELDOM DISAPPOINTED: A MEMOIR, by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins)

Also Nominated: DASHIELL HAMMETT: A DAUGHTER REMEMBERS, by Jo Hammett (Carroll & Graf); THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY, by Max Allan Collins (Collector's Press); WHO WAS THAT LADY? CRAIG RICE: THE QUEEN OF THE SCREWBALL
MYSTERY, by Jeffrey Marks (Delphi Books); and WRITING THE MYSTERY: A START TO FINISH GUIDE FOR BOTH NOVICE AND PROFESSIONAL, by G. Miki Hayden (Intrigue)

* Best Young Adult Mystery: THE MYSTERY OF THE HAUNTED CAVES, by Penny Warner (Meadowbrook)

Also Nominated: DEATH ON A SACRED GROUND, by Harriet R. Feder (Lerner); GHOST SITTER, by Peni Griffin (Dutton); TTHEW'S WEB, by Jeri Fink and Donna Paltrowitz (Bookweb); and THE VIKING CLAW, by Michael Dahl (Simon & Schuster)

* Best Cover Art: REFLECTING THE SKY, by S. J. Rozan, cover design by Michael Storrings from a photograph by Josef Beck/FPG (St. Martin's Minotaur)

Also Nominated: CHAPEL NOIR, by Carole Nelson Douglas, cover art by Glenn Harrington (Forge); GRAPE NOIR, by Kit Sloane, cover art by Annie Sperling (Deadly Alibi); THE TAINTED SNUFF BOX, by Rosemary Stevens, cover art by Teresa Fasolino (Berkley Prime Crime); and UNDER THE COLOR OF LAW, by Michael McGarrity, cover design by Anthony Ramondo from a photograph by
Index Stock Imagery/John Warden (Dutton)


SHAMUS AWARD WINNERS
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Presented by the Private Eye Writers of America.

* Best P.I. Novel: REFLECTING THE SKY, by S.J. Rozan (St. Martin's Minotaur)

Also Nominated: ANGEL IN BLACK, by Max Allan Collins (NAL); ASHES OF ARIES, by Martha C. Lawrence (St. Martin's Minotaur); THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN, by Rick Riordan (Bantam); and COLD WATER BURNING, by John Straley (Bantam)

* Best First P.I. Novel: CHASING THE DEVIL'S TAIL, by David Fulmer (Poisoned Pen Press)

Also Nominated: EPITAPH, by James Siegel (Mysterious Press); RAT CITY, by Curt Colbert (UglyTown); A WITNESS ABOVE, by Andy Straka (Signet); and PILIKIA IS MY BUSINESS, by Mark Troy (LTD Books)

* Best Paperback P.I. Novel: ARCHANGEL PROTOCOL, by Lyda Morehouse (Roc)

Also Nominated: ANCIENT ENEMY, by Robert Westbrook (NAL); and KEEPERS, by Janet LaPierre (Perseverance Press)

* Best P.I. Short Story: "Rough Justice," by Ceri Jordan (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)

Also Nominated: "The Jungle," by John Lantigua (in AND THE DYING IS EASY, edited by Joseph Pittman and Annette Riffle; ignet); "Last Kiss," by Tom Sweeney (in MYSTERY STREEt, edited by Robert J. Randisi; Signet); "The Cobalt Blues," by Clark Howard (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2001); and "Golden Retriever," by Barbara Paul (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2001)

* Friend of PWA: Jan Grape

* The Eye (lifetime achievement): Lawrence Block

* St. Martin's/ PWA contest for new writers: Michael Siverling


BARRY AWARD WINNERS
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Chosen by subscribers to Deadly Pleasures magazine and visitors to its Web site.

* Best Novel: MYSTIC RIVER, by Dennis Lehane (Morrow)

Also Nominated: TELL NO ONE, by Harlan Coben (Delacorte); A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown); PURGATORY RIDGE, by William Kent Krueger (Pocket); SILENT JOE, by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion); and
BAD NEWS, by Donald E. Westlake (Mysterious Press)

* Best First Novel: OPEN SEASON, by C. J. Box (Putnam)

Also Nominated: THIRD PERSON SINGULAR, by K.J. Erickson (St. Martin's Minotaur); CHASING THE DEVIL'S TAIL, by David Fulmer (Poisoned Pen Press); PERHAPS SHE'LL DIE, by M.K. Preston (Intrigue); BLINDSIGHTED, by Karen Slaughter (Morrow); and BUBBLES UNBOUND, by Sarah Strohmeyer (Dutton)

* Best British Crime Novel: DANCING WITH THE VIRGINS, by Stephen Booth (HarperCollins)

Also Nominated: BLOOD JUNCTION, by Caroline Carver (Orion); THE KILLING KIND, by John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton); DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD, by Reginald Hill (HarperCollins); DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS, by P.D. James (Knopf); and KILLING THE SHADOWS, by Val McDermid (HarperCollins)

* Best Paperback Original: KILLING GIFTS, by Deborah Woodworth (Avon)

Also Nominated: RODE HARD, PUT AWAY DEAD, by Sinclair Browning (Bantam); DEATH IS A CABARET, by Deborah Morgan (Berkley Prime Crime); THE FOURTH WALL, by Beth Saulnier (Warner); and STRAW MEN, by Martin J. Smith (Jove)

* Don Sandstrom Memorial Award: Gary Warren Niebuhr


HERODOTUS AWARD WINNERS
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Presented by the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society.

* Best Historical Mystery Novel: BROTHERS OF CAIN, by Miriam Grace Monfredo (Berkley Prime Crime)

Also Nominated: THE LAST KASHMIRI ROSE, by Barbara Cleverly (Carroll & Graf); THE GOOD GERMAN, by Joseph Kanon (Henry Holt); CALL EACH RIVER JORDAN, by Owen Parry (Morrow); and ISLAND OF TEARS, by Troy Soos (Kensington)

* Best First Historical Mystery Novel: MURPHY'S LAW, by Rhys Bowen (St. Martin's)

Also Nominated: CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL, by Glen David Gold (Hyperion); MUTE WITNESS, by Charles O'Brien (Poisoned Pen Press); THE RIGHT HAND OF SLEEP, by John Wray (Knopf); and THE BIRTH OF BLUE SATAN, by Patricia Wynn (Pemberley Press)

* Best Historical Mystery Short Story: "Kiss of Death," by Max Allan Collins (in KISS OF DEATH; Crippen & Landru)

Also Nominated: "The Invisible Spy," by Brendan DuBois (in THE BLUE AND THE GRAY UNDERGROUND, edited by Ed Gorman; Forge); "Hobson's Choice," by John Lutz (in THE BLUE AND THE GRAY UNDERGROUND, edited by Ed Gorman;
Forge); "Beyond the Lost Man Mountains," by Anne Weston (in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2001); and "A Perfect Crime," by Derek Wilson (in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF MORE HISTORICAL WHODUNNITS, edited by Mike
Ashley; Robinson)

* Lifetime Achievement: Max Allan Collins


MACAVITY AWARD WINNERS
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Chosen by members of the reader/fan organization Mystery Readers International.

* Best Mystery Novel: FOLLY, by Laurie R. King (Bantam)

Also Nominated: MYSTIC RIVER, by Dennis Lehane (Morrow); THE DEADHOUSE, by Linda Fairstein (Scribner); TELL NO ONE, by Harlan Coben (Delacorte); and SILENT JOE, by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion)

* Best First Mystery Novel: OPEN SEASON, by C. J. Box (Putnam)

Also Nominated: THE JASMINE TRADE, by Denise Hamilton (Scribner); BLINDSIGHTED, by Karin Slaughter (Morrow); and PERHAPS SHE'LL DIE, by M.K. Preston (Intrigue)

* Best Biographical/Critical Mystery Work: WRITING THE MYSTERY: A START TO FINISH GUIDE FOR BOTH NOVICE AND PROFESSIONAL, by G. Miki Hayden (Intrigue)

Also Nominated: SELDOM DISAPPOINTED: A MEMOIR, by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins); THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY, by Max Allan Collins (Collectors Press); MY NAME'S FRIDAY: THE UNAUTHORIZED BUT TRUE STORY OF DRAGNET
AND THE FILMS OF JACK WEBB, by Michael J. Hayde (Cumberland House); and WHO WAS THAT LADY? CRAIG RICE: THE QUEEN OF SCREWBALL MYSTERY, by Jeffrey Marks (Delphi Books)

* Best Mystery Short Story: "The Abbey Ghosts," by Jan Burke (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January 2001)

Also Nominated: "My Bonnie Lies," by Ted Hertel (from THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF LEGAL THRILLERS, edited by Michael Hemmingson; Carroll & Graf); "Bitter Waters," by Rochelle Krich (from CRIMINAL KABBALAH, edited by Lawrence W. Raphael; Jewish Lights); and "The Would-Be Widower," by Katherine Hall Page (from MALICE DOMESTIC 10, edited by Nevada Barr; Avon)

Life of Pi Wins 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction

On October 22, 2002, Canadian author Yann Martel's second novel, Life of Pi (Harcourt), was named the winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Martel's fable is about a boy stranded at sea with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra, and a Bengal tiger.

The Man Booker Prize is awarded to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the British Commonwealth or Ireland. The winner was announced at an awards dinner in the Great Court of the British Museum, London, and was televised live on BBC Two and BBC Four.