Sean Costello (author)

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

Sean Costello (born 1951 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian author of horror fiction and an anesthesiologist living in Sudbury, Ontario.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/2015/06/11/sudbury-author-confronts-grim-fascination|title=Sudbury author confronts grim fascination|website=Sudbury Star|date=June 11, 2015}}

His first three novels, published in North America by Pocket Books, have been released in the United Kingdom by Tor Books and translated into Dutch, German and Russian. Finders Keepers and Sandman were published by Red Tower Publications, and Here After has been optioned to film. Squall, from Your Scrivener Press, was released in trade paperback in October 2014.

Costello published Terminal House in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/2017/01/31/local-author-sean-costello-releases-9th-novel/wcm/432232a4-69a6-b396-f255-0c1a317c7c50|title=Local author Sean Costello releases 9th novel|website=Sudbury Star|date=January 31, 2017}} In 2018 he followed with his ninth novel, Euthanasia.Heidi Ulrichsen, [https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/euthanasia-alzheimers-and-romance-collide-in-veteran-sudbury-authors-ninth-novel-1119105 "Euthanasia, Alzheimer’s and romance collide in veteran Sudbury author's ninth novel"]. Sudbury.com, November 12, 2018.

In 2020, Costello, Mark Leslie and Scott Overton published Strange Sudbury Stories, an anthology of horror stories set in the city.[https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/authors-team-up-for-six-spooky-sudbury-themed-stories "Authors team up for six spooky, Sudbury-themed stories"]. Sudbury Star, October 25, 2020.