Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is pleased to announce the Anthony Award winners for 2016. 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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2016 Winners

BEST NOVEL
THE KILLING KIND by Chris Holm (Mulholland)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
PAST CRIMES by Glen Erik Hamilton (William Morrow)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE by Lou Berney (William Morrow)

BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION WORK
FORENSICS: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime, by Val McDermid (Grove)

BEST SHORT STORY
"The Little Men: A Bibliomystery” by Megan Abbott (MysteriousPress.com/Open Road)

BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
MURDER UNDER THE OAKS: Bouchercon Anthology 2015 edited by Art Taylor (Down & Out)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
NEED by Joelle Charbonneau (HMH Books for Young Readers)

BEST CRIME FICTION AUDIOBOOK
THE NATURE OF THE BEAST by Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst (Macmillan Audio)
 

2016 Nominees

BEST NOVEL

• NIGHT TREMORS by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
• THE KILLING KIND by Chris Holm (Mulholland)
• THE CHILD GARDEN by Catriona McPherson (Midnight Ink)
• THE NATURE OF THE BEAST by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
• WHAT YOU SEE by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• CONCRETE ANEGL Patricia Abbott (Polis)
• PAST CRIMES by Glen Erik Hamilton (William Morrow)
• NEW YORKED by Rob Hart (Polis)
• BULL MOUNTAIN by Brian Panowich (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
• ON THE ROAD WITH DEL & LOUISE by Art Taylor (Henery)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
• GUN STREET GIRL by Adrian McKinty (Seventh Street)
• LITTLE PRETTY THINGS by Lori Rader-Day (Seventh Street)
• YOUNG AMERICANS by Josh Stallings (Heist)
• STONE COLD DEAD by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street)

BEST CRITICAL OR NONFICTION WORK

• THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story, by Martin Edwards (HarperCollins)
• MEANWHILE THERE ARE LETTERS: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald, edited by Suzanne Marrs and Tom Nolan (Arcade)
• FORENSICS: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime, by Val McDermid (Grove)
• THE LOST DETECTIVE: Becoming Dashiell Hammett, by Nathan Ward (Bloomsbury USA)
• THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA COOKBOOK: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For, edited by Kate White (Quirk)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “The Little Men: A Bibliomystery” by Megan Abbott (MysteriousPress.com/Open Road)
• “The Siege” by Hilary Davidson, from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2015  (Dell)
• “Feliz Navidead” by Brace Godfrey, as discovered by Johnny Shaw, from THUGLIT PRESENTS: CRUEL YULE (CreateSpace)
• “Old Hands” by Erin Mitchell, from DARK CITY LIGHTS (Three Rooms)
• “Quack and Dwight” by Travis Richardson, from JEWISH NOIR (PM)
• “Don’t Fear the Ripper” by Holly West, from PROTECTORS 2: HEROES (Goombah Gumbo)

BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION

• SAFE INSIDE THE VIOLENCE by Christopher Irvin (280 Steps)
• PROTECTORS 2: HEROES: Holiday Tales of Crime for People on the Naughty List, edited by Thomas Pluck (Goombah Gumbo)
• THUGLIT PRESENTS: CRUEL YULE: Holiday Tales of Crime for People on the Naughty List, edited by Todd Robinson (CreateSpace)
• MURDER UNDER THE OAKS: Bouchercon Anthology 2015 edited by Art Taylor (Down & Out)
• JEWISH NOIR: Contemporary Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds, edited by Kenneth Wishnia (PM)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• NEED by Joelle Charbonneau (HMH Books for Young Readers)
• HOW TO WIN AT HIGH SCHOOL by Owen Matthews (HarperTeen)
• A MADNESS SO DISCREET by Mindy McGinnis (Katherine Tegen)
• THE SIN EATER'S DAUGHTER by Melinda Salisbury (Scholastic)
• FIGHTING CHANCE by B.K. Stevens (The Poisoned Pencil)
• ASK THE DARK by Henry Turner (Clarion)

BEST CRIME FICTION AUDIOBOOK

• DARK WATERS by Chris Goff, narrated by Assaf Cohen (Blackstone Audio)
• THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins; narrated by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey and India Fisher (Penguin Audio)
• CAUSING CHAOS by Deborah J. Ledford, narrated by Christina Cox (IOF Productions)
• THE NATURE OF THE BEAST by Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst (Macmillan Audio)
• YOUNG AMERICANS by Josh Stallings, narrated by Em Eldridge (Josh Stallings)