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The David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award
The David Thompson Memorial 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:
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
The award is given out each year during the Bouchercon Convention.
David Thompson
Lesa Holstine
(Photo courtesy of Chris Aldrich)
George Easter
(Photo courtesy of John Bychowski)
Otto Penzler
(Photo courtesy of John Bychowski)
2018
2017
2018
2016
2015
Bill and Toby Gottfried
(Photo courtesy of John Bychowski)
Ali Karim
2021
Janet Rudolph
Al Abramson
2020
Jenn and Don Longmuir
(Photo Courtesy of Brody Longmuir)
2019
Judy Bobalik
with Board Chair Dave Magayna
2014
2022
Les and Leslie Blatt
(Photo courtesy of John Bychowski)
2017
Marv Lachman
2013
Len and June Moffatt
(Photo courtesy by Art Scott)
Ali Karim
2011
2012