Here’s our first recap of what happened at this year’s Bouchercon — announcement of the winners of the con’s Anthony Awards! The winning novels and their categories are listed below — and — you can click on the News Flash! logo to go to all the nominated works for this year’s Bouchercon , as well as our links to the nominated authors on our Awards page.
2012 Anthony Award Winners
BEST NOVEL
A Trick of the Light—Louise Penny [Minotaur]
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Learning to Swim—Sara J. Henry [Crown]
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Buffalo West Wing—Julie Hyzy [Berkley Prime Crime/Tekno]
(Yeah Julie! Congrats from your friends at Murder Among Friends!)
BEST SHORT STORY
“Disarming”—Dana Cameron, EQMM June’11, p.24
BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION WORK
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion—Charlaine Harris, ed. [Ace]
*Pictures & more on Bouchercon 2012 to come!
Murder Among Friends -- Lisle Library's Mystery Book Group 