Hollis Gillespie was named a Writer's Digest "Breakout Author of 2004"

Hollis Gillespie with Jay Leno during her appearance on The Tonight Show.

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Raves for Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch; Tales from a Bad Neighborhood:

"Riotous . . . rib-crackingly funny."
Vanity Fair

"Raucous."
Entertainment Weekly

"Zesty . . . sometimes tender, but mostly just wry and a bit wild, Gillespie's writing is like the best radio commentary, leaving fans hungry for more."
Publishers Weekly

"Irreverent and earthy."
Booklist

"Funny and moving. Completely compelling."
San Francisco Chronicle

"Don't believe a word that bitch says about me."
Grant Henry, aka Sister Louisa

Raves for Confessions of a Recovering Slut and Other Love Stories:

"A very trippy trip through Gillespie's head, rendered in glittery, jangly, spectacularly vulgar prose."
Atlanta Journal Constitution

"Candid. Wise. Funny."
Marie Claire

"A bleakly comic masterpiece."
Dallas Morning News

"Riotous, raunchy and surprisingly touching."
Miami Herald

"A Second Helping of self-consciously quirky, bite-sized anecdotes . . . Fans of the Atlanta writer's potty-mouthed humor and frank observations will find plenty of both here."
Washington Post

About the author:

Hollis Gillespie, a Writer's Digest Breakout Author of the Year, is the award-winning writer of "Mood Swing," a syndicated humor column based in Creative Loafing, Atlanta's major alternative weekly, and the author of "The Ugly American," a travel column for Paste magazine, as well as a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with three (hell)cats and a six-year-old daughter.

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