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]
S. A. Cosby | |
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 Cosby at the 2023 National Book Festival | |
| Born | Shawn Andre Cosby August 4, 1973 Newport News, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Southern noir • crime thriller• fantasy |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards | Anthony–Short Story (2019) Anthony–Novel (2021) ITWA–Hardcover (2021) ITWA–Hardcover (2022) |
Awards and accolades
editCosby's 2021 novel, Razorblade Tears, debuted #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 honor thrillers, suspense, and mystery, such as the Anthony Award,[9] Barry Award,[10] Edgar Award,[11] Gold Dagger,[12] ITW Award,[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 and Macavity Award winner.[15][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 ITW Award Best Hardcover Novel of 2021.[6] It also was chosen as a 2020 New York Times Notable Book and charted at #22 on that list.[4][18]
| Year | Work | Award | Result | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Blacktop Wasteland | Goodreads Choice Awards | Mystery & Thriller | Nominated—16th | |
| Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Mystery/Thriller | Won | [19][20] | ||
| 2021 | Anthony Award | Novel | Won | [16][17] | |
| Barry Award | Novel | Won | |||
| BCALA Literary Awards | Fiction | Honor | |||
| CWA Gold Dagger | — | Shortlisted | [21] | ||
| ITW Award | Hardcover Novel | Won | [6] | ||
| Lefty Award | Mystery Novel | Shortlisted | [22] | ||
| Macavity Award | Mystery Novel | Won | [15] | ||
| RUSA CODES Reading List | Adrenaline | Shortlisted | [23] | ||
| Razorblade Tears | Goodreads Choice Awards | Mystery & Thriller | Nominated—10th | [24] | |
| Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Mystery/Thriller | Shortlisted | |||
| 2022 | Anthony Award | Novel | Shortlisted | [9] | |
| Audie Award | Thriller/Suspense | Shortlisted | [25] | ||
| Barry Award | Novel | Won | [10] | ||
| BCALA Literary Awards | Fiction | Won | [26] | ||
| Edgar Awards | Novel | Shortlisted | [11][13] | ||
| CWA Gold Dagger | — | Shortlisted | [12] | ||
| Hammett Prize | — | Won | [27][28][29] | ||
| ITW Award | Audiobook | Won | [13] | ||
| Hardcover Novel | Won | [13] | |||
| Lefty Award | Mystery Novel | Shortlisted | [30] | ||
| Macavity Award | Mystery Novel | Won | [14] | ||
| RUSA CODES Reading List | Adrenaline | Won | [31] | ||
| 2023 | All the Sinners Bleed | Crime Fiction Lovers Award | Book of the Year | Shortlisted | [32] |
| Goodreads Choice Awards | Mystery & Thriller | Nominated—10th | [33] | ||
| Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Mystery/Thriller | Shortlisted | [34] | ||
| Libby Book Award | Audiobook | Shortlisted | [35] | ||
| 2024 | Anthony Award | Hardcover Novel | Pending | ||
| Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence | Fiction | Longlisted | [36] | ||
| Audie Award | Audiobook of the Year | Shortlisted | [37] | ||
| CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger | — | Pending | |||
| Edgar Award | Novel | Shortlisted | [38][39] | ||
| ITW Award | Hardcover Novel | Won | [40] | ||
| Lefty Award | Mystery Novel | Shortlisted | [41] | ||
| Macavity Award | Mystery Novel | Pending | |||
| Southern Book Prize | Fiction | Shortlisted | [42][43] | ||
| The Strand Critics Award | Novel | Shortlisted | |||
Bibliography
edit- —— (2019). My Darkest Prayer (paperback ed.). Intrigue Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 9781940758862.
- —— (2020). Blacktop Wasteland (hardcover ed.). Flatiron Books. p. 285. ISBN 9781250252685.
- —— (2021). Razorblade Tears (hardcover ed.). Flatiron Books. p. 322. ISBN 9781250252708.
- —— (2023). All the Sinners Bleed (hardcover 1st ed.). Flatiron Books. p. 336. ISBN 9781250831910.
Adaptions
editBlacktop 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]
References
edit- ^ Note: S.A. Cosby is the author's pen name, but also his initials.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b Ghadiali, Ashish (July 30, 2021). "SA Cosby: 'The holy trinity of southern fiction is race, class and sex'". The Guardian. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ a b Wilkins, Langston Collin (July 2021). "S.A. Cosby Writing the blues". Book Page. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ "Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books". The New York Times. July 25, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Hamilton, Sherry (September 2, 2021). "Gloucester author garnering worldwide attention". Gloucester-Mathews Gazette Journal. Virginia. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ "Jimmy Fallon Brings Back His Summer Book Club". Kirkus Reviews. July 15, 2021.
- ^ "Jimmy Fallon Announces His 2021 Summer Reads Competition Contenders". People. July 15, 2021.
- ^ a b locusmag (September 12, 2022). "2022 Anthony Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ a b patti (September 15, 2022). "Barry Awards (Crime Fiction) - 2022 -". Nightstand Book Reviews. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ a b "MWA Announces the 2022 Edgar Award Nominations – Mystery Writers of America". January 19, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "CWA Dagger Shortlists Announced". The Crime Writers’ Association. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Schaub, Michael (June 7, 2022). "International Thriller Award Winners Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
- ^ a b patti (September 10, 2022). "2022 - Macavity Awards -". Nightstand Book Reviews. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ a b patti (August 25, 2021). "Macavity Awards - 2021 -". Nightstand Book Reviews. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ a b "2021 Anthony Award Winners". Novel Suspects. August 31, 2021.
- ^ a b "2021 Anthony Awards Winners". Locus. August 31, 2021.
- ^ "100 Notable Books of 2020". The New York Times. November 20, 2020.
- ^ "Winners of the 2020 L.A. Times Book Prizes announced". Los Angeles Times. April 17, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Glyer, Mike (May 22, 2021). "2021 Dagger Awards Shortlists". File 770. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "Lefty Award Archives". www.leftcoastcrime.org. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "RUSA CODES Reading List | 2021 | Awards and Honors | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Mystery & Thriller!". Goodreads. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "Audie Award | Finalist | Thriller/Suspense | 2022 | Awards and Honors | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ Contreraz, Victoria. "LibGuides: Literary Awards: 2020 - Present". libguides.msubillings.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ Schaub, Michael (June 19, 2022). "S.A. Cosby Wins the Dashiell Hammett Prize". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ patti (June 17, 2022). "2022 Hammett Prize -". Nightstand Book Reviews. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ "IACW/NA: Hammett Prize: Past Years". www.crimewritersna.org. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ "Lefty Award Archives". www.leftcoastcrime.org. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ Moore, Ninah (January 23, 2022). "Reader's advisory announce 2022 Reading List: Year's best in genre fiction for adult Readers". RUSA Update. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 – vote for your winners | Crime Fiction Lover". crimefictionlover.com. November 9, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Mystery & Thriller!". Goodreads. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ Gelt, Jessica (February 21, 2024). "Raja Shehadeh, Yiyun Li and Maria Bamford among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ Grunenwald, Jill (March 13, 2024). "Announcing the Libby Book Awards winners!". OverDrive. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence 2024". Brilliant Books. November 14, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "2024-audie-awards-winners". Homepage. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "The 2024 Edgar Award Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense Novel". bookshop.org.
- ^ "2024 Edgar Award Winners and Nominees". Chicago Public Library. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ Picker, Lenny. "2024 Thriller Award Winners Announced". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Left Coast Crime 2024: Seattle Shakedown". leftcoastcrime.org. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "The Southern Book Prize Finalists for 2024". Fulton County Library System. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "The Southern Book Prize". The Southern Bookseller Review. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to S. A. Cosby.
- 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.