First time at Bouchercon

Alli Stone
Nov 5 · 3 min read

Bouchercon celebrated its 50th year last week, I celebrated my first year in attendance. If you’ve never heard of it, that’s okay. I hadn’t either until I heard Reavis Z. Wortham declare this summer, “You need to go to Bouchercon, and you need to go to the bar. That’s where the authors are.” Bouchercon, pronounced like voucher but with a B, is a world mystery convention named for Anthony Boucher. The convention brings together authors, aspiring…

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