With each annual Bouchercon convention comes news of a cornucopia of award winners, including the Anthony, Macavity, Shamus, and Barry Awards. This past weekend, the 2018 Anthonys were awarded to:
- Best Novel: Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
- Best First Novel: Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
- Best Paperback Original: The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day
- Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series: Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone #25) by Sue Grafton
- Best Short Story: "My Side of the Matter" by Hilary Davidson from Killing Malmon
- Best Anthology: The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, Gary Phillips, editor
- Best Critical/Non-Fiction Book: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
- Best Online Content: Jungle Red Writers
This year's Macavity nods were as follows:
- Best Mystery Novel: Magpie Murders, by Anthony Horowitz
- Best First Mystery Novel: The Lost Ones, by Sheena Kamal
- Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction: The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books, by Martin Edwards
- Best Mystery Short Story: “Windward,” by Paul D. Marks, in Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea
- Sue Feder Memorial Award: Best Historical Mystery: In Farleigh Field, by Rhys Bowen
The Shamus winners include:
- Best Private Eye Novel: The Room of White Fire, by T. Jefferson Parker
- Best First Private Eye Novel: The Last Place You Look, by Kristen Lepionka
- Best Original Private Eye Paperback: Lights Out Summer, by Rich Zahradnik
- Best P.I. Short Story: “Rosalie Marx is Missing,” by Robert S. Levinson (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
The Barry winners this year are:
- Best Novel: The Marsh King's Daughter, by Karen Dionne
- Best First Novel: The Dry by Jane Harper
- Best Paperback Original: The Deep Dark Descending by Allen Eskens
- Best Thriller: UNSUB, by Meg Gardiner
In honor of the Bouchercon conference, Crime Reads rounded up nominees for the Anthony Awards for their thoughts on the state of crime fiction today. You can read the first part here and the second part via this link.
