Information on Bouchercons 1 - 32
      Anthony Boucher died in 1968. In 1969, Len & June Moffatt first proposed the idea of holding an annual convention for mystery fans to honor Boucher's memory -- an idea that, with the help of Bruce Pelz, came to fruition the very next year. What follows is summary info (and linkage if available) on Bouchercon conventions held between 1970 and 2001. Conventions will be listed in reverse chronological order. Anthony Awards mentioned were for works published in the year prior to the convention-year.

Bouchercon 32 (2001) -- Arlington, VA
Chairs -- Adolph P. Falcón & William L. Starck
EMail or Web -- http://Bouchercon2001.com

American Guest Of Honor -- Sue Grafton
International Guest Of Honor -- Peter Lovesey
Fan Guests Of Honor -- Lew & Nancy Buckingham
Toastmaster -- Michael Connelly
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Edward D. Hoch

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        A Place Of Execution -- Val McDermid
    Best First Mystery
        Death Of A Red Heroine -- Qiu Xiaolong
    Best Paperback Original
        Death Dances To A Reggae Beat -- Kate Grilley
    Best Short Story
        The Problem Of The Potting Shed -- Edward D. Hoch
    Best Anthology/Short Story Collection
        Master's Choice II -- Lawrence Block (editor)
    Best Non-Fiction/Critical Work
        100 Favorite Mysteries Of The Century
            Jim Huang (editor)
    Best Fan Publication
        Mystery News -- Chris Aldrich & Lynn Kaczmarek (editors)

Bouchercon 31 (2000) -- Denver, CO
Chairs -- Rebecca Bates & Tom Schantz

Guest Of Honor -- Elmore Leonard
Toastmaster -- Val McDermid
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Jane Langton
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Steve Stilwell

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        In A Dry Season -- Peter Robinson
    Best First Novel
        Murder, With Peacocks -- Donna Andrews
    Best Paperback Original
        In Big Trouble -- Laura Lippman
    Best Short Story
        Noir Lite -- Meg Chittenden
    Best Critical Non-Fiction
        Detecting Women (3rd Edition) -- Willetta Heising
    Best Series Of The Century
        Hercule Poirot -- Agatha Christie
    Best Writer Of The Century
        Agatha Christie
    Best Novel Of The Century
        Rebecca -- Daphne DuMaurier

Bouchercon 30 (1999) -- Milwaukee, WI
Chairs -- Ted Hertel & Gary Warren Niebuhr

Guest Of Honor -- Max Allan Collins
International Guest Of Honor -- Reginald Hill
Fan Guests Of Honor -- Beverly De Weese & Maggie Mason
Toastmaster -- Parnell Hall
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Len Moffatt & June Moffatt

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        Blood Work -- Michael Connelly
    Best First Novel
        Iron Lake -- William Kent Krueger
    Best Paperback Original
        Butcher's Hill -- Laura Lippman
    Best Short Story
        Of Course, You Know Chocolate Is A Vegetable -- Barbara D'Amato
    Best Critical Nonfiction
        Deadly Pleasures Magazine -- George Easter (editor)

Bouchercon 29 (1998) -- Philadelphia, PA
Chair -- Deen Kogan

American Guest Of Honor -- Carl Hiaasen
International Guest Of Honor -- Janwillem van de Wetering
Media Guest Of Honor -- Tom Fontana
Fan Guests Of Honor -- Hal Rice & Sonya Rice
Toastmaster -- Jonathan Gash
Distinguished Contribution -- Ruth Cavin

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        No Colder Place -- S. J. Rozan
    Best First Novel
        The Killing Floor -- Lee Child
    Best Paperback Original
        Big Red Tequila -- Rick Riordan
    Best Short Story (a tie)
        Front Row Seats -- Jan Grape
        One Bag Of Coconuts -- Edward D. Hoch
    Best Cover Art
        Michael Kellner -- "Night Dogs," by Kent Anderson

Bouchercon 28 (1997) -- Monterey, CA
Chairs -- Bruce Taylor & Bryan Barrett

Guest Of Honor -- Sara Paretsky
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Cap'n Bob Napier
Toastmaster -- Julie Smith
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Donald Westlake

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        The Poet -- Michael Connelly
    Best First Novel (a tie)
        Death In Little Tokyo -- Dale Furutani
        Somebody Else's Child -- Terris McMahan Grimes
    Best Paperback Original
        Somebody Else's Child -- Terris McMahan Grimes
    Best Short Story
        Accidents Will Happen -- Carolyn Wheat
    Best Critical/Biographical
        Detecting Women II -- Willetta Heising
    Best Fanzine
        The Armchair Detective

Bouchercon 27 (1996) -- St. Paul, MN
Chairs -- Dennis Armstrong & Bruce Southworth

Guest Of Honor -- Mary Higgins Clark
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Ellen Nehr (in absentia)
Toastmaster -- Jeremiah Healy

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        Under The Beetle's Cellar -- Mary Willis Walker
    Best First Novel
        Death In Bloodhound Red -- Virginia Lanier
    Best Paperback Original
        Deal Breaker -- Harlan Coben
    Best Short Story
        And Pray Nobody Sees You -- Gar Anthony Haywood
    Best Short Story Collection
        The McCone Files -- Marcia Muller
    Best True Crime
        Dead By Sunset -- Ann Rule
    Best Critical Work
        TAD Book Of Lists (2nd Edition) -- Kate Stine
    Best TV Show
        The X-Files
    Best Movie
        The Usual Suspects
    Best Magazine/Digest/Review Publication
        The Armchair Detective
    Best Editor
        Sara Ann Freed -- Mysterious Press
    Best Cover Art
        The Body In The Transept -- Walker & Co.

Bouchercon 26 (1995) -- Nottingham, UK
Chair -- Adrian Wootton

International Guest Of Honor -- James Ellroy
British Guest Of Honor -- Colin Dexter
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Geoff Bradley
Toastmaster -- Reginald Hill

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        She Walks These Hills -- Sharyn McCrumb
    Best First Novel
        The Alienist -- Caleb Carr
    Best Short Story
        The Monster Of Glamis -- Sharyn McCrumb
    Best Critical Work
        Crime Fiction (2nd Edition) -- B.A. Pike & J. Cooper (editors)
    Best Anthology/Short Story Collection
        The Mysterious West -- Tony Hillerman (editor)
    Best True Crime
        Criminal Shadows -- David Canter
    Best TV Series
        Prime Suspect
    Best Film
        Pulp Fiction

Bouchercon 25 (1994) -- Seattle, WA
Chair -- Thom Walls

Guest Of Honor -- Marcia Muller
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Art Scott
Toastmaster -- George C. Chesbro
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Tony Hillerman

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        Wolf In The Shadows -- Marcia Muller
    Best First Novel
        Track Of The Cat -- Nevada Barr
    Best Critical Work
        The Fine Art Of Murder -- Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, Larry Segriff
        & Jon L. Breen (editors)
    Best True Crime
        A Rose For Her Grave -- Ann Rule
    Best Individual Short Story
        Checkout -- Susan Dunlap
    Best Short Story Anthology
        Malice Domestic 2 -- Mary Higgins Clark (editor)

Bouchercon 24 (1993) -- Omaha, NE
Chair -- Charles Levitt

Guest Of Honor -- Ed McBain
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Don Sandstrom
Toastmaster -- Ori Hardy-Sayles
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Hammond Innes & Ralph McInerny

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        Bootlegger's Daughter -- Margaret Maron
    Best First Novel
        Blanche On The Lam -- Barbara Neely
    Best True Crime
        The Doctor, The Murder, The Mystery: The True Story Behind The Bronion Murder
        -- Barbara D'Amato
    Best Critical Work
        Doubleday Crime Club Compendium -- Ellen Nehr
    Best Short Story
        Cold Turkey -- Diane Mott Davidson
    Best Motion Picture
        The Crying Game

Bouchercon 23 (1992) -- Toronto, ON (Canada)
Chair -- Al Navis

Guest Of Honor -- Margaret Millar
Toastmaster -- Otto Penzler
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Charlotte MacLeod

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        The Last Detective -- Peter Lovesey
    Best First Novel
        Murder On The Iditarod Trail -- Sue Henry
    Best True Crime
        Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets -- David Simon
    Best Short Story
        Lucky Dip -- Liza Cody
    Best Anthology
        A Woman's Eye -- Sara Paretsky (editor)
    Best Critical/Biographical Work
        100 Great Detectives -- Maxim Jakubowski (editor)
    Booksellers Award
        Native Tongue -- Carl Hiaasen

Bouchercon 22 (1991) -- Pasadena, CA
Chairs -- Len Moffatt & June Moffatt

Guest Of Honor -- Edward D. Hoch
Guest Of Honor (Visual Media) -- William Link
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Bruce Pelz
Toastmaster -- Bill Crider
Lifetime Achievement Award -- William Campbell Gault

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        G Is For Gumshoe -- Sue Grafton
    Best First Novel
        Postmortem -- Patricia Daniels Cornwell
    Best Paperback Original (a tie)
        Grave Undertaking -- James McCahery
        Where's Mommy Now? -- Rochelle Krich
    Best Short Story
        The Celestial Buffet -- Susan Dunlap
    Best Critical Work
        Synod Of Sleuths -- Jon L. Breen & Martin H. Greenberg (editors)
    Best TV Series
        Mystery!
    Best Motion Picture
        Presumed Innocent

Bouchercon 21 (1990) -- London, UK
Chair -- Marion Richmond

Guest Of Honor -- P. D. James
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Robert Adey
Toastmaster -- Sue Grafton
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Michael Gilbert

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        The Sirens Sang Of Murder -- Sarah Caudwell
    Best First Novel
        Katwalk -- Karen Kijewski
    Best Paperback Original
        Honeymoon With Murder -- Carolyn Hart
    Best Short Story
        Afraid All The Time -- Nancy Pickard
    Best TV Series
        Inspector Morse
    Best Movie
        Crimes And Misdemeanors

Bouchercon 20 (1989) -- Philadelphia, PA
Chairs -- Deen Kogan & Jay Kogan

Guest Of Honor -- Simon Brett
Fan Guests Of Honor -- William F. Deeck & Linda Toole
Toastmaster -- Bruce Taylor
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Distinguished Contribution -- Joan Kahn

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        Silence Of The Lambs -- Thomas Harris
    Best First Novel
        A Great Deliverance -- Elizabeth George
    Best Paperback Original
        Something Wicked

Bouchercon 19 (1988) -- San Diego, CA
Chairs -- Phyllis Brown & Ray Hardy

Guest Of Honor -- Charlotte MacLeod
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Bruce Taylor
Toastmaster -- Robert Barnard

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        Skinwalkers -- Tony Hillerman
    Best First Novel
        Caught Dead In Pennsylvania -- Gillian Roberts
    Best Paperback Original
        The Monkey's Raincoat -- Robert Crais
    Best Short Story
        Breakfast Television -- Robert Barnard
    Best TV Series
        Mystery!
    Best Movie
        The Big Easy

Bouchercon 18 (1987) -- Minneapolis, MN
Chairs -- Becky A. Reinecke & Steve Stilwell

Guest Of Honor -- Lawrence Block
Fan Guest Of Honor -- John Nieminski (in absentia)
Toastmasters -- Mary S. Craig & Max Allan Collins

Anthony Award Winners
    Best Novel
        C Is For Corpse -- Sue Grafton
    Best First Novel
        Too Late To Die -- Bill Crider
    Best Paperback Original
        The Junkyard Dog -- Robert Campbell
    Best Short Story
        The Parker Shot Gun -- Sue Grafton

Bouchercon 17 (1986) -- Baltimore, MD
Chair -- Gail Larson

Guest Of Honor -- Donald E. Westlake
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Chris Steinbrenner
Toastmaster -- Mary Higgins Clark

Anthony Award Winners (first Anthony Awards given this year)
    Best Novel
        B Is For Burglar -- Sue Grafton
    Best First Novel
        When The Bough Breaks -- Jonathan Kellerman
    Best Paperback Original
        Say No To Murder -- Nancy Pickard
    Best Short Story
        Luck Penn -- Linda Barnes
    Best TV Series
        Murder, She Wrote
    Best Movie
        Witness

Bouchercon 16 (1985) -- San Francisco, CA
Chair -- Bryan Barrett

Guest Of Honor -- The California Crime Novel
    (represented by Joe Gores, Joseph Hansen and Colin Wilcox)
Fan Guests Of Honor -- Len Moffatt & June Moffatt
Toastmaster -- Tony Hillerman

Bouchercon 15 (1984) -- Chicago, IL
Chairs -- Mary S. Craig, Ely M. Liebow & John Nieminski

Guest Of Honor -- Bill Pronzini
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Marvin Lachman

Bouchercon 14 (1983) -- New York, NY
Chairs -- Otto Penzler & Chris Steinbrenner

Guest Of Honor -- John D. MacDonald

Bouchercon 13 (1982) -- San Francisco, CA
Chair -- Don Herron

Guest Of Honor -- Robert B. Parker

Bouchercon 12 (1981) -- Milwaukee, WI
Chair -- Mary Ann Grochowski

Guest Of Honor -- Helen McCloy
Fan Guest Of Honor -- Allen J. Hubin

Bouchercon 11 (1980) -- Washington, DC
Chairs -- Peter E. Blau & Jon Lellenburg

Guest Of Honor -- Gregory McDonald

Bouchercon 10 (1979) -- Los Angeles, CA
Chair -- Noreen Shaw

Guest Of Honor -- Tony Hillerman

Bouchercon 9 (1978) -- Chicago, IL
Chairs -- Robert W. Hahn & Ely M. Liebow

Guest Of Honor -- Walter B. Gibson

Bouchercon 8 (1977) -- New York, NY
Chairs -- Otto Penzler & Chris Steinbrenner

Guest Of Honor -- Stanley Ellin

Bouchercon 7 (1976) -- Culver City, CA
Chairs -- Len Moffatt & June Moffatt

Guest Of Honor -- John Ball

Bouchercon 6 (1975) -- Chicago, IL
Chairs -- Robert W. Hahn & John Nieminski

Guest Of Honor -- Robert L. Fish

Bouchercon 5 (1974) -- Oakland, CA
Chair -- Adrienne Martine-Barnes

Guest Of Honor -- Reginald Bretnor

Bouchercon 4 (1973) -- Boston, MA
Chair -- Robert E. Briney

Featured Speaker -- Donald A. Yates

Bouchercon 3 (1972) -- Los Angeles, CA
Chairs -- Len Moffatt & June Moffatt

Guest Of Honor -- Ellery Queen (in absentia)
Featured Speaker -- Rev. Robert E. Washer

Bouchercon 2 (1971) -- Los Angeles, CA
Chair -- Bruce Pelz

Guest Of Honor -- Bill S. Ballinger

Bouchercon 1 (1970) -- Santa Monica, CA
Chairs -- Bruce Pelz & Charles Crayne

Guest Of Honor -- Robert Bloch