The David Thompson Special Service Award is given 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 winners selected by the Bouchercon National Board of Directors for their “extraordinary efforts to develop and promote the crime fiction field” are:

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                                        2023 -  Sara 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

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The award is given out each year during the Bouchercon Convention.