Hollis Gillespie

Hollis Gillespie is an award-winning humor and travel columnist. She is also a best-selling author, NPR commentator, professional speaker, and guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno ("A very funny lady," says Leno.) Her work has been optioned by Sony Pictures and Paramount, and she has collaborated with Hollywood hard hitters like Mitch Hurwitz, (creator of Arrested Development), Eric and Kim Tannenbaum, (producers of Two and a Half Men), Bill Haber (producer of Rizzoli and Isles), Sheri Ellwood (creator of Call Me Fitz) and Amy Palladino (creator of Gilmore Girls). (George Clooney has also kissed her twice. Twice!) Hollis herself has been featured on scores of TV shows and magazines and runs Shocking Real Life, the largest writing school in Atlanta, which offers workshops on book writing, blogging and social media. Her next book, titled Truth Bomb: Fame, Friends, Family and Other Avoidable Disasters, is due out in March 2017. These days she gets most of her exercise running to catch flights. Contact Hollis through www.ShockingRealLife.com