Remembrance of Bouchercons Past

It's Bouchercon week where crime writers from all over will gather. We've talked a lot about the pros and cons of conferences, but what’s your most memorable conference experience, good and bad. What's the conference moment you'll never forget?

Alas, I am not able to attend Bouchercon this year, but I have so many wonderful memories of years past. My most memorable experience had to be in 2017 in Toronto, when HEART OF STONE won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original and the Macavity Award (Sue Feder Memorial) for Best Historical Mystery.

2021 might have been equally as memorable, but it was the pandemic and Bouchercon was held remotely. Still, TURN TO STONE won the Barry Award for Best Paperback Original and the Sue Feder Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery. See far below.

I’ve tried to locate photos from each of the eight Bouchercon I’ve attended, but some were harder to find than others.

I hope you’ll enjoy my trip down Memory Lane, presented here in random order.

Toronto 2017

With Louise Penny and Art Taylor (Macavity winners)

With Terry Shames

Macavity and Anthony awards HEART OF STONE

With fellow Criminal Minds

With the Royal Mounties

Dallas 2019

Nominees for Best Paperback Original. Lori Rader-Day (winner) Kellye Garrett, Alison Gaylin, and me (losers)

With Lori Rader-Day

With Gabriel Valjan

With Katrina Niidas Holm and Chris Holm

2013 Albany

With Lynne Raimondo, Mark Pryor, and Terry Shames

2014 Long Beach

Sara Paretsky et al. (I’m off in the distance)

Terry Shames winning the Macavity Award

With Cathy Ace

2015 Raleigh

With Larry D. Sweazy and Lori Rader-Day

With Lynne Raimondo

2016 New Orleans

With Kathy Boone Reel

2018 St. Petersburg

Best Paperback Original panel with Erik Pruitt, Greg Herren,
Thomas Pluck, Nadine Nettman, Lori Rader-Day

With Shaun Harris, Stephanie Gayle, Terry Shames,
Jennifer Kincheloe, Steven Cooper

With 7 Criminal Minds

The Flask

2023 San Diego

With Camille Minichino (RIP)

2021 Virtual

George Easter announcing TURN TO STONE Barry Award

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