S. A. Cosby
Cosby at the 2023 National Book Festival
Cosby at the 2023 National Book Festival
BornShawn Andre Cosby
(1973-08-04) August 4, 1973
Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenreSouthern noir • crime thriller• fantasy
Notable works
Notable awardsAnthony–Short Story (2019)
Anthony–Novel (2021)
ITWA–Hardcover (2021)
ITWA–Hardcover (2022)

S. A. Cosby (Shawn Andre Cosby - born 4 August 1973 in Newport News, VA) is a "Southern noir" crime fiction writer.[1] He resides in Gloucester, Virginia, on the York River. Cosby has published four crime novels: My Darkest Prayer, All the Sinners Bleed, Blacktop Wasteland, and Razorblade Tears.[2][3][4]

Awards and accolades

Cosby's 2021 novel, Razorblade Tears, debuted number 10 on the New York Times bestseller list.[2][5][6]

His previous novel, Blacktop Wasteland "...won a landslide of awards, including a Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2020."[2] It also was chosen as a 2020 New York Times Notable Book and charted at number 22 on that list.[4][7] Additionally, Blacktop Wasteland is a 2021 Anthony Awards winner.[8][9] The International Thriller Writers, an association spanning 49 countries, with a membership of 4,500 authors of the genre, "...named Cosby's novel Blacktop Wasteland the Best Hard Cover Fiction Novel of 2021."[6]

Both novels have been optioned for films. Jerry Bruckheimer's company "was among the group that won the film rights in an auction" for Razorblade Tears.[2][3] Razorblade Tears was also featured on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show for Fallon's 2021 Summer Reads Book Club. The book was one of six contenders for a Jimmy Fallon read.[6][10][11]

Bibliography

  • —— (2019). My Darkest Prayer (paperback ed.). Intrigue Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-1940758862.
  • —— (2020). Blacktop Wasteland (hardcover ed.). Flatiron Books. p. 285. ISBN 978-1250252685.
  • —— (2021). Razorblade Tears (hardcover ed.). Flatiron Books. p. 322. ISBN 978-1250252708.
  • —— (2023). All the Sinners Bleed (hardcover 1st ed.). Flatiron Books. p. 336. ISBN 978-1250831910.

References

  1. ↑ Note: S.A. Cosby is the author's pen name, but also his initials.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Garner, Dwight (September 5, 2021). "S.A. Cosby, a Writer of Violent Noirs, Claims the Rural South as His Own". The New York Times. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Ghadiali, Ashish (July 30, 2021). "SA Cosby: 'The holy trinity of southern fiction is race, class and sex'". The Guardian. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Wilkins, Langston Collin (July 2021). "S.A. Cosby Writing the blues". Book Page. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books". The New York Times. July 25, 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 Hamilton, Sherry (September 2, 2021). "Gloucester author garnering worldwide attention". Gloucester-Mathews Gazette Journal. Virginia. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  7. ↑ "100 Notable Books of 2020". The New York Times. November 20, 2020.
  8. ↑ "2021 Anthony Award Winners". Novel Suspects. August 31, 2021.
  9. ↑ "2021 Anthony Awards Winners". Locus. August 31, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Jimmy Fallon Brings Back His Summer Book Club". Kirkus Reviews. July 15, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Jimmy Fallon Announces His 2021 Summer Reads Competition Contenders". People. July 15, 2021.
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