Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is pleased to announce the Anthony Award winners for 2015. 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.

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2015 Winners

BEST NOVEL
AFTER I'M GONE by Laura Lippman

BEST FIRST NOVEL
THE BLACK HOUR by Lori Rader-Day

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
THE DAY SHE DIED by Catriona McPherson

BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION WORK
WRITES OF PASSAGE: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey, edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan

BEST SHORT STORY
“The Odds Are Against Us” by Art Taylor, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
IN THE COMPANY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger
 

2015 Nominees

BEST NOVEL

• LAMENTATION by Joe Clifford
• THE SECRET PLACE by Tana French
• AFTER I'M GONE by Laura Lippman
• THE LONG WAY HOME by Louise Penny
• TRUTH BE TOLD by Hank Phillippi Ryan

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• BLESSED ARE THE DEAD by Kristi Belcamino
• ICE SHEAR by M.P. Cooley
• INVISIBLE CITY by Julia Dahl
• THE LIFE WE BURY by Allen Eskens
• THE BLACK HOUR by Lori Rader-Day

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• STAY WITH ME by Alison Gaylin
• THE KILLER NEXT DOOR by Alex Marwood
• THE DAY SHE DIED by Catriona McPherson
• WORLD OF TROUBLE by Ben H. Winters
• NO STONE UNTURNED by James W. Ziskin

BEST CRITICAL OR NONFICTION WORK

• THE FIGURE OF THE DETECTIVE: A Literary History and Analysis, by Charles Brownson
• DEATH DEALER: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice, by Kate Clark Flora
• DRU'S BOOK MUSINGS by Dru Ann Love
• POE-LAND: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe, by J.W. Ocker
• WRITES OF PASSAGE: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey, edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan

BEST SHORT STORY

• “Honeymoon Sweet” by Craig Faustus Buck, MURDER AT THE BEACH: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014
• “The Shadow Knows” by Barb Goffman, CHESAPEAKE CRIMES: Homicidal Holidays
• “Howling at the Moon” by Paul D. Marks, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• “Of Dogs & Deceit” by John Shepphird, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
• “The Odds Are Against Us” by Art Taylor, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION

• FACEOFF edited by David Baldacci
• MURDER AT THE BEACH: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014, edited by Dana Cameron
• TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen, edited by Joe Clifford
• IN THE COMPANY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger
• CAROLINA CRIMES: 19 Tales of Love, Lust, and Longing, edited by Karen Pullen