S. A. Cosby (Shawn Andre Cosby - born 4 August 1973 in Newport News, Virginia) is a "Southern noir" crime fiction writer.^[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]

Cosby's 2021 novel, Razorblade Tears, debuted number 10 on the New York Times bestseller list.^[2][5][6]

His previous novel, Blacktop Wasteland "...won a landslide of awards, including a Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2020."^[2] It also was chosen as a 2020 New York Times Notable Book and charted at number 22 on that list.^[4][7] Additionally, Blacktop Wasteland is a 2021 Anthony Awards winner.^[8][9] The International Thriller Writers, an association spanning 49 countries, with a membership of 4,500 authors of the genre, "...named Cosby's novel Blacktop Wasteland the Best Hard Cover Fiction Novel of 2021."^[6]

Both novels 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] Razorblade Tears was also 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][10][11]

• —— (2019). My Darkest Prayer (paperback ed.). Intrigue Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-1940758862.
• —— (2020). Blacktop Wasteland (hardcover ed.). Flatiron Books. p. 285. ISBN 978-1250252685.
• —— (2021). Razorblade Tears (hardcover ed.). Flatiron Books. p. 322. ISBN 978-1250252708.
• —— (2023). All the Sinners Bleed (hardcover 1st ed.). Flatiron Books. p. 336. ISBN 978-1250831910.