Elle Cosimano

Elle Cosimano is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers for teens and adults, including her debut novel Nearly Gone, an Edgar Award finalist and International Thriller Award winner, and the Finlay Donovan series, named one of New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2021. She grew up in the Washington, DC suburbs as the daughter of a prison warden and an elementary school teacher, and annually attends the Writers' Police Academy for research. Her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post and TIME, and she lives with her husband and two sons in Virginia.