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- ↑ "Sudbury author confronts grim fascination". Sudbury Star . June 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Local author Sean Costello releases 9th novel". Sudbury Star . January 31, 2017.
- ↑ Heidi Ulrichsen, "Euthanasia, Alzheimer’s and romance collide in veteran Sudbury author's ninth novel". Sudbury.com , November 12, 2018.
- ↑ "Authors team up for six spooky, Sudbury-themed stories". Sudbury Star , October 25, 2020.
