He was an alumnus of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, and claimed that he "flunked freshman composition twice" because he "did not know how to make an English sentence."
[citation needed]) He lived in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, with wife Linda (they married in 1962) and continued after she died in 2018.
Rocksburg is a by-product of Kosak's hometown, McKees Rocks, and the nearby cities Greensburg and Johnstown.
"[3] In May 2011, Kosak appeared in person for the first time at the 16th annual Festival of Mystery held at the Greek Orthodox Church in Oakmont, signing his books and giving a live interview.
Mysterious Press announced they would be publishing a final novel—more than twenty years after his last publication—entitled Another Day's Pain.