The Anthony Awards

The Anthony Awards are given at each annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention with the winners selected by attendees. The award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America.

1986  B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
1987  C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
1988  Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
1989  The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
1990  The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell
1991  G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
1992  The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey
1993  Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
1994  Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller
1995  She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
1996  Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker
1997  The Poet by Michael Connelly
1998  No Colder Place by S. J. Rozan
1999  Blood Work by Michael Connelly
2000  I n a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
2001  A  Place of Execution by Val McDermid
2002  Mystic River by Dennis LeHane
2003  Ci ty of Bones by Michael Connelly
2004  Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman
2005  Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger
2006  Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger
2007  No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman
2008  What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
2009  The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
2010  The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
2011  Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
2012  A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
2013  The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny