 He has three sons from his first marriage to Victoria Sandler and two stepsons from his marriage to Forbes.Hoyskyns' 1996 book "Waiting For The Sun" was nominated for a Ralph J. Gleason award in the US.MOJO reviewer Jim Farber gave Hoyskyns' "Small Town Talk" (spring 2016) four stars and described it as "a pitch-perfect East Coast corollary to his Laurel Canyon classic "Hotel California"".