S.A. Cosby is an Anthony award winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines His story "Slant-Six" was selected as a Distinguished Story in Best American MysteryStories for 2016. His short story "The Grass Beneath My Feet" won the Anthony award for best short story in 2019.

His writing has been called " gritty and heartbreaking " and " dark, thrilling and tragic ". His style and tone is influenced by his varied life experiences which include but are not limited to being a bouncer, construction worker, retail manager and for six hours a mascot for a major fast food chain inside the world's hottest costume. When he isn't crafting tales of murder and mayhem he assists the dedicated staff at J.K.Redmind Funeral home as a mortician's assistant. He is also known as one hell of a chess player...

Actually its checkers, he's good at checkers.