It is named in honor of Anthony Boucher,
mystery fiction critic, editor, and author.
Not exact matches
Association of Authors» Representatives (AAR) Events National Book Awards Ceremony and Gala National Book
Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards
Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards The James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards Dinner Nebula Awards Weekend — Science
Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Romance Writers of America (RWA) Annual Conference Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Annual Conferences American Libraries Association Conferences Public Libraries Association Conference
It's often used by
critics of
mystery fiction as a way of upping the ante in their praise of a book, as if the only way a
mystery could be truly good is to not really be a
mystery.
A well written article on the tendency of literary awards (and literary
critics and readers of literary
fiction generally) to ignore even superlative
fiction if it falls within a genre such as
mystery / crime
fiction, science
fiction, fantasy, and so forth.