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Ed Kociela is an acclaimed writer whose work has bridged many aspects of the media world. As a newspaperman, he won numerous awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists. He now works as a freelance writer and weekly columnist for STGnews, an online news outlet. His career includes newspaper, magazine, and broadcast experience as a sportswriter, rock critic, news reporter, columnist, blogger, and essayist. Over the years, his work has been featured in myriad publications ranging from the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Herald-Examiner to US magazine and GOAL!, the magazine of the National Hockey League. He has also worked in entertainment media. His play, "Downwinders," was one of only three presented for a series of readings by the Utah Shakespeare Festival's "New American Playwright Series" in 2005. "Downwinders" is also available on Amazon.com. Kociela has also written two screenplays. "Plygs" is the culmination of his 16-year career as a newspaper reporter, columnist, and city editor in St. George, Utah, which is located about 45 minutes from the community along the Utah-Arizona state line upon which his novel is based. He is now working on a book about his days as a rock music critic in Los Angeles, with stories about some of the greatest names in rock 'n' roll--from George Harrison to Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Frank Zappa, Peter Frampton, Eric Clapton and many others.