The Anthony Awards
The Anthony Awards were created in 1986 by the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in memory of mystery writer and critic William Anthony Parker White. The awards are given at each annual Bouchercon conference. Bouchercons are organized by and for enthusiastic fans of mystery.2001
Best Novel: A Place Of Execution by Val McDermid
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Best First Novel Death Of A Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
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Best Paperback Original: Death Dances To A Reggae Beat by Kate Grilley
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Best Anthology/Short Story Collection: Master's Choice II edited by Lawrence Block
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2000
Best Novel: In A Dry Season by Peter Robinson
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Best First Novel Murder, With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
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Best Paperback Original: In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman
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1999
Best Novel: Blood Work by Michael Connelly
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Best First Novel Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
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Best Paperback Original: Butcher's Hill by Laura Lippman
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1998
Best Novel: No Colder Place by S.J. Rozan
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Best First Novel Killing Floor by Lee Child
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Best Paperback Original: Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan
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1997
Best Novel: The Poet by Michael Connelly
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Best First Novel -- Tie: Death in Little Tokyo by Dale Furutani
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Best First Novel -- Tie: Somebody Else's Child by Terris McMahan Grimes
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Best Paperback Original: Somebody Else's Child by Terris McMahan Grimes
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Best (Biographical) Critical Work: Detecting Women II by Wiletta Heising
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1996
Best Novel: Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker
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Best First Novel: Death in Bloodhound Red by Virginia Lanier
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Best Paperback Original: Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
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Best (Biographical) Critical Work: The Armchair Detective Book of Lists, 2nd Ed. edited by Kate Stine
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Best True Crime: Dead by Sunset by Ann Rule
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Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: McCone Files by Marcia Muller
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Best Cover Art: The Body in the Transept by Jeanne M. Dams
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1995
Best Novel: She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
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Best First Novel: The Alienist by Caleb Carr
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Best (Biographical) Critical Work: Detective Fiction: The Collector's Guide, 2nd Ed. by John Cooper and Barry A. Pike
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Best True Crime: Criminal Shadows by David Canter
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: The Mysterious West edited by Tony Hillerman
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1994
Best Novel: Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller
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Best First Novel: Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
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Best (Biographical) Critical Work: The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion edited by Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, Larry Segriff
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Best True Crime: A Rose for Her Grave by Ann Rule
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Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: Malice Domestic 2 edited by Mary Higgins Clark
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1993
Best Novel: Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
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Best First Novel: Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely
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Best (Biographical) Critical Work: Doubleday Crime Club Compendium by Ellen Nehr
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Best True Crime: The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery: The True Story of the Dr. John Banion Murder Case by Barbara D'Amato
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1992
Best Novel: The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey
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Best First Novel: Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry
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Best (Biographical) Critical Work: 100 Great Detectives edited by Maxim Jakubowski
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Best True Crime: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
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Best Short Story Collection/Anthology: A Woman's Eye edited by Sara Paretsky
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1991
Best Novel: "G" is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
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Best First Novel: Postmortem by Patricia D. Cornwell
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Best (Biographical) Critical Work: Synod of Sleuths: Essays on Judeo-Christian Detective Fiction edited by Jon L. Breen and Martin H. Greenberg
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Best Paperback Original - Tie: Grave Undertaking by James McCahery
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Best Paperback Original - Tie: Where's Mommy Now? by Rochelle Krich
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1990
Best Novel: The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell
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Best First Novel:: Katwalk by Karen Kijewski
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Best Paperback Original: Honeymoon for Murder by Carolyn G. Hart
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1989
Best Novel: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
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Best First Novel: A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
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Best Paperback Original: Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart
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1988
Best Novel: Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
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Best First Novel: Caught Dead in Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts
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Best Paperback Original: The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais
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1987
Best Novel: "C" Is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
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Best First Novel: Too Late to Die by Bill Crider
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Best Paperback Original: The Junkyard Dog by Robert Campbell
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1986
Best Novel: "B" Is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
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Best First Novel: When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
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Best Paperback Original: Say No to Murder by Nancy Pickard
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