Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is pleased to announce the Anthony Award winners for 2013. The Anthony Awards are presented at each annual Bouchercon with the winners selected by attendees. The award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America. The winners were chosen by the full time members of Bouchercon XLIV, September 19-22, 2013, in Albany, New York.

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2013 Winners

BEST NOVEL
THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise Penny (Minotaur)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
THE EXPATS by Chris Pavone (Crown)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
BIG MARIA by Johnny Shaw (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST SHORT STORY
"Mischief in Mesopotamia" by Dana Cameron, EQMM, Nov 2012

BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION WORK
BOOKS TO DIE FOR: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels, edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke (Hodder & Stoughton/Emily Bestler)
 

2013 Nominees

BEST NOVEL

• DARE ME by Megan Abbott (Reagan Arthur)
• THE TRINITY GAME by Sean Chercover (Thomas & Mercer)
• GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
• THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
• THE OTHER WOMAN by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• DON'T EVER GET OLD by Daniel Friedman (Thomas Dunne)
• THE PROFESSIONALS by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam)
• THE EXPATS by Chris Pavone (Crown)
• THE 500 by Matthew Quirk (Reagan Arthur)
• BLACK FRIDAYS by Michael Sears (Putnam)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• 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 (Emily Bestler)
• BIG MARIA by Johnny Shaw (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST SHORT STORY

• "Mischief in Mesopotamia" by Dana Cameron, EQMM, 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, p.97 (Wildside)
• "Peaches" by Todd Robinson, Grift, Spring 2012, p.80
• "The Unremarkable Heart" by Karin Slaughter, MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA PRESENTS VENGEANCE, p.177 (Mulholland)

BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION WORK

• BOOKS TO DIE FOR: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels, edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke (Hodder & Stoughton/Emily Bestler)
• BLOOD RELATIONS: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950, edited by Joseph Goodrich (Perfect Crime)
• MORE FORENSICS AND FICTION: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered, by D.P. Lyle, M.D. (Medallion)
• THE GRAND TOUR: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie, edited by Mathew Prichard (Harper)
• IN PURSUIT OF SPENSER: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero, edited by Otto Penzler (Smart Pop)