Lucinda Surber and Stan Ulrich Awards Banquet at Left Coast Crime 2012 Sacramento
Photo by Clark Lohr from leftcoastcrime.org
Bouchercon, the world’s largest mystery writers and fans conference, congratulates Lucinda Surber and Stan Ulrich, the 2025 winners of the David Thompson Memorial Special Service award, for their extraordinary efforts to develop and promote the crime fiction field.
Mystery/crime fiction enthusiasts, Lucinda and Stan have been key leaders in the landscape for more than twenty years. Their first mystery convention was Bouchercon 2007 in Anchorage, Alaska and they have since served in a variety of Bouchercon volunteer positions. Stan joined the Bouchercon national board serving as Treasurer and Rules Committee Chair. Later Stan and Lucinda were Chairs of the volunteer subcommittee for two Bouchercon conventions, and Anthony Awards Chairs in Long Beach in 2014 and in Dallas in 2019.
Lucinda and Stan are also the driving force behind the mystery conference, Left Coast Crime. Stan, a retired lawyer, is President of the Left Coast Crime Conference, Inc. Lucinda, a former educator, is the organization’s Secretary. They’ve been managing the Lefty Awards since 2011.
"Stan and Lucinda exemplify the dedication and expertise of those in a special category: key volunteers,” says Cheryl Head, Bouchercon Board Chair. “We couldn’t be successful without them.”
The David Thompson Award will be presented to Stan and Lucinda at the Opening Ceremonies of Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed in New Orleans, September 3-7, 2025.
The David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award is given by the Bouchercon Board to honour the memory and contributions to the crime fiction community of David Thompson, a much beloved Houston bookseller who passed away in 2010.
Past winners selected by the Bouchercon National Board of Directors for their “extraordinary efforts to develop and promote the crime fiction field” are:
2024 - Crime Writers of Color
2023 - Sarah Paretsky
2022 - Les and Leslie Blatt
2021 - Janet Rudolph
2020 - Al Abramson
2019 - Don and Jenn Longmuir
2018 - Lesa Holstine
2017 - George Easter
2016 - Otto Penzler
2015 - Bill and Toby Gottfried
2014 - Judy Bobalik
2013 - Marv Lachman
2012 - Len and June Moffatt
2011 - Ali Karim
For more information about Bouchercon and the David Thompson Award: visit website: www.bouchercon.com
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