B.J. Hollars is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He is the author of "Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence and the Last Lynching in America" (University of Alabama Press, 2011) and the editor of "You Must Be This Tall To Ride"(Writer's Digest Books, 2009), "Monsters: A Collection of Literary Sightings (Pressgang, 2012) and "Blurring the Boundaries: Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction (University of Nebraska Press, 2012).

His work is published or forthcoming in North American Review, American Short Fiction, Barrelhouse, Mid-American Review, Fugue, Faultline, The Southeast Review, DIAGRAM, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Puerto del Sol, Hobart, among others.

He lives in Wisconsin with his wife and his dog and their books.