S. A. Cosby

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S. A. Cosby
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Cosby at the 2023 National Book Festival
BornShawn Andre Cosby
(1973-08-04) August 4, 1973 (age 51)
Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenreSouthern noir • crime thriller• fantasy
Notable works
Notable awards Anthony–Short Story (2019)
Anthony–Novel (2021)
ITWA–Hardcover (2021)
ITWA–Hardcover (2022)

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

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Awards and accolades

Cosby's 2021 novel, Razorblade Tears , debuted number 10 on The New York Times Best Seller 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 was nominated for a slew of awards, particularly ones that promote or appreciate thrillers, suspense, and mystery, such as 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] Notably, it is a 2021 Anthony Award winner.| [15] [16] The International Thriller Writers, an association spanning 49 countries, with a membership of 4,500 authors of the genre, voted Blacktop Wasteland the ITW Award Best Hardcover Novel of 2021. [6] It also was chosen as a 2020 New York Times Notable Book and charted at number 22 on that list. [4] [17]

YearWorkAwardResultRef
2020 Blacktop Wasteland Goodreads Choice Awards Mystery & ThrillerNominated—16th
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Mystery/Thriller Won [18] [19]
2021 Anthony Award NovelWon [15] [16]
Barry Award NovelWon
BCALA Literary Awards FictionHonor
CWA Gold Dagger —Shortlisted [20]
ITW Award Hardcover NovelWon [6]
Lefty Award Mystery NovelShortlisted [21]
Macavity Award Mystery NovelWon [22]
RUSA CODES Reading List AdrenalineShortlisted [23]
Razorblade Tears Goodreads Choice Awards Mystery & ThrillerNominated—10th [24]
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Mystery/Thriller Shortlisted
2022 Anthony Award NovelShortlisted [9]
Audie Award Thriller/SuspenseShortlisted [25]
Barry Award NovelWon [10]
BCALA Literary Awards FictionWon [26]
Edgar Awards Novel Shortlisted [11] [13]
CWA Gold Dagger —Shortlisted [12]
Hammett Prize —Won [27] [28] [29]
ITW Award AudiobookWon [13]
Hardcover NovelWon [13]
Lefty Award Mystery NovelShortlisted [30]
Macavity Award Mystery NovelWon [14]
RUSA CODES Reading List AdrenalineWon [31]
2023 All the Sinners Bleed Crime Fiction Lovers AwardBook of the YearShortlisted [32]
Goodreads Choice Awards Mystery & ThrillerNominated—10th [33]
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Mystery/Thriller Shortlisted [34]
Libby Book AwardAudiobookShortlisted [35]
2024 Anthony Award Hardcover NovelPending
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence FictionLonglisted [36]
Audie Award Audiobook of the YearShortlisted [37]
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger —Pending
Edgar Award NovelShortlisted [38] [39]
ITW Award Hardcover NovelWon [40]
Lefty Award Mystery NovelShortlisted [41]
Macavity Award Mystery NovelPending
Southern Book Prize FictionShortlisted [42] [43]
The Strand Critics AwardNovelShortlisted

Bibliography

Adaptions

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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