S. A. Cosby

Cosby's 2021 novel, Razorblade Tears, debuted number 10 on the New York Times bestseller list.^[2][5][6] The book was 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][7][8] It won or nominated for a slew of awards, particularly ones that promote or appreciate thrillers, suspense, and mystery, like the Anthony Award,^[9] Barry Award,^[10] Edgar,^[11] Gold Dagger,^[12] ITW,^[13] Macavity Award,^[14] and Lefty Award. It was received positively by critics and audiences.

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][15] Additionally, Blacktop Wasteland is a 2021 Anthony Award winner.^[16][17] The International Thriller Writers, an association spanning 49 countries, with a membership of 4,500 authors of the genre, voted Blacktop Wasteland the Best Hardcover Novel of 2021.^[6]

• —— (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.

Blacktop Wasteland and Razorblade Tears 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]

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• S. A. Cosby at Macmillan
• S. A. Cosby at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• S. A. Cosby, Pain is Universal – That's What Binds all of Crime Fiction Together", CrimeReads, July 21, 2020
• "Interview With an Author: S.A. Cosby". Los Angeles Public Library.