Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is pleased to announce the Anthony Award winners for 2018. 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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2018 Winners

BEST NOVEL
BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD by Attica Locke (Mulholland Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
THE DAY I DIED by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks)

BILL CRIDER AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL IN A SERIES
Y IS FOR YESTERDAY (Kinsey Millhone #25) by Sue Grafton (A Marian Wood Book)

BEST SHORT STORY
"My Side of the Matter" by Hilary Davidson, from KILLING MALMON (Down & Out Books)

BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
THE OBAMA INHERITANCE: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, edited by Gary Phillips (Three Rooms Press)

BEST CRITICAL/NONFICTION BOOK
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann (Doubleday)

BEST ONLINE CONTENT 
Jungle Red Writers

2018 Nominees

BEST NOVEL

• THE LATE SHOW by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
• MAGPIE MURDERS by Anthony Horowitz (Harper)
• BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD by Attica Locke (Mulholland Books)
• GLASS HOUSES by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
• THE FORCE by Don Winslow (William Morrow)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)
• SHE RIDES SHOTGUN by Jordan Harper (Ecco)
• THE DRY by Jane Harper (Flatiron Books)
• RAGGED; OR, THE LOVELIEST LIES OF ALL by Christopher Irvin (Cutlass Press)
• THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK by Kristen Lepionka (Minotaur Books)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• UNCORKING A LIE by Nadine Nettmann (Midnight Ink)
• BAD BOY BOOGIE by Thomas Pluck (Down & Out Books)
• WHAT WE RECKON by Eryk Pruitt (Polis Books)
• THE DAY I DIED by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks)
• CAST THE FIRST STONE by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)

BILL CRIDER AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL IN A SERIES

• GIVE UP THE DEAD (Jay Porter #3) by Joe Clifford (Oceanview Publishing)
• TWO KINDS OF TRUTH (Harry Bosch #20) by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
• Y IS FOR YESTERDAY (Kinsey Millhone #25) by Sue Grafton (A Marian Wood Book)
• GLASS HOUSES (Armand Gamache #13) by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
• DANGEROUS ENDS (Pete Fernandez #3) by Alex Segura (Polis Books)

BEST SHORT STORY

• "The Trial of Madame Pelletier" by Susanna Calkins, from MALICE DOMESTIC 12: Mystery Most Historical (Wildside Press)
• "God’s Gonna Cut You Down" by Jen Conley, from JUST TO WATCH THEM DIE: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash (Gutter Books LLC)
• "My Side of the Matter" by Hilary Davidson, from KILLING MALMON (Down & Out Books)
• "Whose Wine Is It Anyway" by Barb Goffman, from 50 SHADES OF CABERNET (Koehler Books)
• "The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place" by Debra H. Goldstein, from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017 (Dell)
• "A Necessary Ingredient" by Art Taylor, from COAST TO COAST: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (Down & Out Books)

BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION

• JUST TO WATCH THEM DIE: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash, edited by Joe Clifford (Gutter Books LLC)
• KILLING MALMON edited by Dan and Kate Malmon (Down & Out Books)
• COAST TO COAST: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, edited by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks (Down & Out Books)
• PASSPORT TO MURDER: Bouchercon Anthology 2017, edited by John McFetridge (Down & Out Books)
• THE OBAMA INHERITANCE: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, edited by Gary Phillips (Three Rooms Press)

BEST CRITICAL/NONFICTION BOOK

• FROM HOLMES TO SHERLOCK: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon, by Mattias Boström (The Mysterious Press)
• THE STORY OF CLASSIC CRIME IN 100 BOOKS by Martin Edwards (Poisoned Pen Press)
• KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann (Doubleday)
• CHESTER B. HIMES: A Biography, by Lawrence P. Jackson (W. W. Norton & Company)
• REWRITE YOUR LIFE: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction, by Jessica Lourey (Conari Press)

BEST ONLINE CONTENT 

• Writer Types Podcast 
• Do Some Damage: An Inside Look at Crime Fiction
• Jungle Red Writers
• Dru’s Book Musings
• BOLO Books