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MOSAIC Pieces

By Wes Skillings

MOSAIC Pieces

By Wes Skillings

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Wes Skillings retired from newspaper journalism on April 1, 2011, after 38 years as a reporter, columnist and editor where, among his assignments for three different newspapers, he covered everything from municipal meetings to murder trials. He is a Vietnam vet with a BA in English from Mansfield (PA) University, formerly Mansfield State College, where he won a national writing award with an essay in The Atlantic Magazine Creative Writing Contests for College Students.
As a journalist, he received numerous Keystone Press Awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association (PNA) - fifteen of them over his last 11 years in the business. Eight placed first in the state in their respective categories. His first award came years before in 1980-a first place for Public Service from the Associated Press Managing Editors of Pennsylvania.Additionally, he is a self-published author whose first book published in 2014 was about one man's triumph over traumatic brain injury ("A Matter of Recovery: The Story of C.B. Miller").
On October 7, 2022, Skillings published this meticulously researched book about small town justice and its abuses stemming from the October 1973 murder of a twelve-year-old girl: Mosaic Pieces: Surviving the Dark Side of American Justice. In the summer of 2025, the book was republished under his own brand.A father and grandfather, he and wife of 56 years as of February 1, 2025, Mary, live in healthy retirement in hometown Wyalusing, PA.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2025-07-11
Publication Date:
2025-07-11
Publisher:
Wes Skillings
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798349466489
Weight:
421 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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