B.J. Hollars (born 1984) is an American author of literary essays and nonfiction novels. Hollars is professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a columnist for the "Leader-Telegram".
Hollars is the recipient of the Truman Capote Prize for Literary Nonfiction, the Anne B. and James B. McMillan Prize, the Council of Wisconsin Writers' Blei-Derleth Award, the Society of Midland Authors Award, and received a 2022 silver medal from the Midwest Book Awards .
Life and work.
B.J. Hollars was born in Monticello, Indiana in 1984. He graduated from Knox College. He received his M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Alabama in 2010. Hollars's essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Parents Magazine, The Rumpus, TriQuarterly, The Millions, Huffington Post, North American Review, Quarterly West, and many other literary journals. 
He is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a columnist for the "Leader-Telegram".
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