Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is pleased to announce the Anthony Award winners for 2019. 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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2019 Winners

BEST NOVEL
NOVEMBER ROAD by Lou Berney (William Morrow)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
UNDER A DARK SKY by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks)

BEST SHORT STORY
“The Grass Beneath My Feet” by S.A. Cosby, in Tough (blogazine, August 20, 2018)

BEST CRITICAL/NONFICTION BOOK
I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, by Michelle McNamara (Harper)
 

2019 Nominees

BEST NOVEL

• GIVE ME YOUR HAND by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown and Company)
• NOVEMBER ROAD by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
• JAR OF HEARTS by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur Books)
• SUNBURN by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
• BLACKOUT: A Pete Fernandez Mystery, by Alex Segura (Polis Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)
• BROKEN PLACES: A Chicago Mystery, by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
• DODGING AND BURNING by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Books)
• WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)
• BEARSKIN by James A. McLaughlin (Ecco)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• HOLLYWOOD ENDING: A Detective by Day Mystery, by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)
• IF I DIE TONIGHT by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
• HIROSHIMA BOY by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park Books)
• UNDER A DARK SKY by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks)
• A STONE'S THROW: An Ellie Stone Mystery, by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “The Grass Beneath My Feet” by S.A. Cosby, in Tough (blogazine, August 20, 2018)
• “Bug Appétit” by Barb Goffman, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (November/December 2018)
• “Cold Beer No Flies” by Greg Herren, in FLORIDA HAPPENS (Three Rooms Press)
• “English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (July/August 2018)
• “The Best Laid Plans” by Holly West, in FLORIDA HAPPENS (Three Rooms Press)

BEST CRITICAL/NONFICTION BOOK

• DEAD GIRLS: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession, by Alice Bolin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
• MASTERING PLOT TWISTS: How To Use Suspense, Targeted Storytelling Strategies, and Structure To Captivate Your Readers, by Jane K. Cleland (Writer’s Digest Books)
• PULP ACCORDING TO DAVID GOODIS by Jay A. Gertzman (Down & Out Books)
• CLASSIC AMERICAN CRIME FICTION OF THE 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger (Pegasus Books)
• I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, by Michelle McNamara (Harper)
• THE REAL LOLITA: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World, by Sarah Weinman (Ecco)