E. Santhosh Kumar is a Malayalam writer. He has won numerous awards, including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006.

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Galapagos, which was later published as a collection, was his first published short story. He won his first Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for Chavukali, a collection of short stories. In 2012, he won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the second time, for his novel Andhakaranazhi.

His first short stories were published in the late nineties and his first novel in 2002.^{[citation needed]} He is generally identified with the generation of Malayalam writers who came into prominence at the turn of the 21st century.^[1] His oeuvre includes two full-length novels, six novelettes and over sixty short stories.^{[citation needed]}

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• Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story (2006)
• Nooranad Haneef Memorial Novel Award (2012)
• Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel (2012)