The Bouchercon
National Board of Directors has selected George Easter as the
recipient of its 2017 David Thompson Special Service Award for
“extraordinary efforts to develop and promote the crime fiction field.”
The David
Thompson Special Service Award was created by the Bouchercon Board to
honor the memory and contributions to the crime fiction community of David
Thompson, a much beloved Houston bookseller who passed away in 2010. Past
recipients of the award include Ali Karim, Marv Lachman, Len & June
Moffatt, Judy Bobalik, Otto Penzler, and Bill and Toby Gottfried.
Founded in
1970, and named after distinguished mystery critic, editor, and author, Anthony
Boucher, Bouchercon is
an all-volunteer non-profit organisation that each year brings together fans,
authors, publishers, editors, agents, and booksellers from around the world in
a different location for a four-day celebration of their shared love of the
crime genre. This year's Bouchercon,
Passport to Murder, will take place in Toronto, October 12-15, 2017
George
Easter is the Founder, Editor, and Publisher of Deadly Pleasures Mystery
Magazine, one of the premiere review periodicals in the mystery community.
Deadly Pleasures, a great resource for readers, was started in 1992. DP also
includes news of forthcoming releases in the U.S. and abroad, and columns,
reviews, and interviews from an international group of contributors. Sneak
previews of upcoming books are divided into soft boiled, hardboiled, medium
boiled and more. Deadly Pleasures was nominated four times for an Anthony Award
for Best Mystery Magazine and won the Anthony for Best Critical/Biographic Work
in 1999.
But Deadly
Pleasures was not enough for George, being a fan’s fan, and in 1997 he
conceived the Barry Awards (named after fan Barry Gardner) that are presented
by Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine in various categories for excellence.
George also presents the Don Sandstrom Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement
in Mystery Fandom (named after fan Don Sandstrom).
George has
served on the Bouchercon National Board, has attended every Bouchercon, except
two, since 1991 in Pasadena, CA, and volunteered to produce the Program Book
for the 2000 Bouchercon in Denver, CO. He was also responsible for getting
publishers to donate books to the Book Bazaar giveaway at last year’s
Bouchercon in New Orleans.
The Bouchercon
Board is pleased to honor George Easter with the David Thompson award for
all he has contributed to the mystery community and for his honoring both
mystery authors and fans. George Easter is truly a Fan’s Fan.
H/T - Janet Rudolph
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