Hollis Gillespie is a humor columnist, and writer based in Atlanta, Georgia. She wrote for Atlanta's Creative Loafing weekly for eight years until October 2008. In 2004, Writers Digest named Hollis Gillespie a ?Breakout Author of the Year.? Other accolades include the ?Best Columnist? and ?Best Local Author? honors in the Creative Loafing "Best of Atlanta" Readers Survey. Atlanta magazine awarded her ?Best ?Tell-All?? in 2006. In 2012, the Magazine Association of the Southeast granted a MAGS award to Hollis Gillespie for "Editorial Excellence." Currently, Hollis is a columnist at Atlanta. and a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. She is the author of the books Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch, Confessions of a Recovering Slut, and Trailer Trashed. Upon publication of her first book, Hollis Gillespie appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Jay Leno called her "a very funny lady." The rights to her first book, Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch, were optioned by both Sony Pictures and Paramount. She has collaborated on film projects with Laura Dern, Mitch Hurwitz, Amy Sherman Palladino, Bill Haber and Sheri Elwood.