Sean Costello (born 1951 in

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) is a Canadian author of

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and an

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living in

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. His first three novels, published in

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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. In 2018 he followed with his ninth novel, ''Euthanasia''. In 2020, Costello, Mark Leslie and Scott Overton published ''Strange Sudbury Stories'', an anthology of horror stories set in the city."Authors team up for six spooky, Sudbury-themed stories"
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'', October 25, 2020.

Works

* ''Eden's Eyes'' (1989) * ''The Cartoonist'' (1990) * ''Captain Quad'' (1991) * ''Finders Keepers'' (2002) * ''Sandman'' (2003) * ''Here After'' (2008) * ''Squall'' (2014) * ''Last Call'' (2015) * ''Terminal House'' (2017) * ''Euthanasia'' (2018)

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Sean Costello
Canadian male novelists Canadian horror writers Living people Writers from Greater Sudbury 1951 births Canadian anesthesiologists 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian male writers Novelists from Ottawa {{Canada-novelist-stub