The Anthony Awards are presented each year at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, in honor of the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), mystery critic for the New York Times. Winners were announced on October 18, 2002.
2002 winners and nominees are:
Best Novel:
WINNER:
- Mystic
River by Dennis Lehane
FINALISTS:
- Flight by Jan Burke
- The Devil Went Down to Austin by Rick Riordan
- Reflecting the Sky by S.J. Rozan
- Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Best First Novel:
WINNER:
- Open Season by C. J. Box
FINALISTS:
- Austin City Blue by Jan Grape
- The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton
- Third Person Singular by K.J. Erickson
- A
Witness Above by Andy Straka
Paperback Original:
WINNER:
- Dead
Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
FINALISTS:
- Dead
of Winter by P.J. Parrish
- A Kiss Gone Bad by Jeff Abbott
- Dim
Sum Dead by Jerrilyn Farmer
- The Houdini Specter by Daniel Stashowe
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