His short story 'The Grass Beneath My Feet' won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story in 2019.

But instead of salvation, his decision may cost him everything he has worked so hard to achieve. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines, and his story 'Slant-Six' was selected as a Distinguished Story in Best American Mystery Stories for 2016. Cosby is a well written, action packed thriller about a man who commits a crime in order to save his business, his home and his family. A New York Times Notable Books of 2020 Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive, with a Southern noir twist, S. He is also author of the best selling RAZORBLADE TEARS which was also nominated for numerous awards as well His books include MY DARKEST PRAYER, Blacktop Wasteland, Amazon's #1 Mystery and Thriller of the Year and #3 Best Book of 2020 overall, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Winner of the LA Times Book Award for Mystery or Thrillers and a Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist and the winner of the ITW award for hard cover book of the year, the Macavity for best novel of the year, the Anthony, The Barry, a honorable mention from the ALA Black Caucus and was a finalists for the CWA Golden Dagger. Blacktop Wasteland, Cosby’s first novel with a major publisher, continues to perfect his highly original voice and perspective, dramatizing the complexities and contradictions of rural Black. Cosby is the New York Times national best selling award-winning author from Southeastern Virginia.

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