Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume
One, 1981-1985, pages 742-743. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
1998.
It's widely accepted that Skolsky coined the term "beefcake.".
The Spanish-style house he lived in--located on Las Palmas Ave. in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles--is shown in Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018). His friendship with Marilyn Monroe is referred to in that film.