Matt Cost

Over the years, Cost has owned a video store, a mystery bookstore, and a gym. He has also taught history and coached just about every sport imaginable.During those years, since age eight, his true passion has been writing.

"I Am Cuba: Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution" was his first traditionally published novel. Cost has now written three historical fiction standalones, six books in the Mainely Mystery series, starting with "Mainely Power", six books in the Clay Wolfe Trap series, starting with "Wolfe Trap", and two books in the Brooklyn 8 Ballo series, starting with "Velma Gone Awry". "EveryThing vs Max Creed" is book two in the Max Creed Chronicles. In November of 2026, he will debut a new series with 1"955".

Cost lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. Saint, aka Danger, the four-footed canine, helps edit. Cost now spends his days at the computer, writing.