About the Author & His Mother
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Michael McCoy
Michael is the eldest son of Jean-Marie Heskett (Faggiano). From the first time he heard the story of the internment of his mother, uncle, and grandparents in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, he became fascinated with history, especially as it relates to World War II. Following his graduation from high school in Sonoma Valley in 1973, Michael was a Communication Studies major at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. Michael received recognition and won several awards for speech writing and delivery during that time, and chose to follow a career in journalism following college and his enlistment in the U.S. Navy.
Michael has worked as a news copywriter and producer for several talk radio shows in Northern California. Today, Michael is a radio personality in the North Bay Area, as well as an electronic technician at Agilent Technologies in Santa Rosa, California. He lives in Sonoma County with his wife, Angela, and son, Thomas.
Michael is currently writing the screenplay adaption of “Through My Mother’s Eyes.”
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Jean-Marie Heskett (Faggiano)
Jean-Marie and her family entered the gates of Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, Philippines, on January 14, 1942. Sixty-seven years later, she can recount the experiences that she and her family endured with vivid detail.
Jean-Marie lives in retirement today in Santa Rosa, California, after working over thirty years as a quality inspector at Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Technologies in Sonoma County. Jean-Marie loves to travel and speak to groups about her experiences as a POW during World War II.
Through My Mother’s Eyes is published by Strategic Book Publishing in New York and is available for purchase in bookstores everywhere, including through the publisher’s website by following the “Buy Now” button below.
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