S. A. Cosby

S.A. Cosby is the New York Times bestselling award-winning author from Southeastern Virginia. His books include My Darkest Prayer, Blacktop Wasteland, Amazon's no. 1 Mystery and Thriller of the Year, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Winner of the LA Times Book Award for Mystery or Thrillers and the winner of the ITW award for hardcover book of the year, the Macavity for best novel of the year, the Anthony, The Barry , a honourable mention from the ALA Black Caucus and a finalist for the CWA Golden Dagger. He is also author of the bestselling Razorblade Tears which also won the Anthony, The Barry , The Macivity and The ITW award and The Dashiell Hammett award. His book All the Sinners Bleed was nominated for The Lefty, The Edgar and the LA Times Book award and The ALA book award and his most recent, King of Ashes, won the 2026 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.