CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR 
DEAD BECKONING
BY MIKE COBB
“Dead Beckoning is the type of novel that should be savored, consumed slowly, and appreciated for its eloquent and intricate prose, which sets the bar for historical thrillers.”
Self-Publishing Review, May 2022
To read the full review, click here.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR
DEAD BECKONING
BY MIKE COBB
“Dead Beckoning is the type of novel that should be savored, consumed slowly, and appreciated for its eloquent and intricate prose, which sets the bar for historical thrillers.”
Self-Publishing Review, May 2022
To read the full review, click here.
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MIKE COBB
Historical fiction, crime fiction, true crime.
Thought-provoking, character-driven literary fiction.
Descriptive and engaging nonfiction.
Writing, for me, is bliss. But I am simply a conduit through which my characters tell the story.
They are the story.
My body of work includes both fiction and nonfiction, short form and long form, as well as articles and blogs of literary interest.
While I am comfortable playing across a broad range of genres, much of my focus is on historical fiction, crime fiction, and true crime. Rigorous research is foundational to my writing. I get that honestly, having spent much of my professional career as a scientist.
I split my time between midtown Atlanta and a lake in the North Georgia mountains, far away from the rat race of the city. The balance between city life and mountain life inspires my writing.
In this space I will share what I’m reading and working on, as well as other items of interest to readers and writers alike. I hope you enjoy it. I have kept some of my earlier professional articles and blogs here so you can read them as well.
MY BLOG
Are Screens Robbing Us of Our Capacity for Deep Reading?
Call me old-school, but I'll take a good, old-fashioned print book over an ebook any day. Yes, I own a Kindle. And yes, I use it on occasion, especially when traveling (which I've done little of since the beginning of COVID). But I will always prefer print. Here's a...
The only surviving recording of Virginia Woolf
As many of you know, I'm a huge fan of Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group. This is the only known recording in existence of Virginia Woolf. By Fiona Macdonald Seventy-five years have passed since the British writer died. To mark the anniversary, we commissioned...
We Will Always Need Virginia Woolf
Here’s a great piece by Emma Knight on the legacy of a literary icon, Virginia Woolf. Knight wrote this piece on the 140th anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s birth, January 25th. We Will Always Need Virginia Woolf Check it out.