1. Walter Ned "Skip" Hollandsworth is an American writer, journalist, screenwriter, and executive editor for Texas Monthly magazine.
13 Facts About Skip Hollandsworth
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Skip Hollandsworth is the son of the late Reverend Walter Ned Hollandsworth, a Presbyterian minister, and Peggy Hollandsworth.
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Skip Hollandsworth's siblings are older sister Cathy, a doctor, and younger sister Laura, a minister.
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Skip Hollandsworth grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, where his father was the pastor at Meadowthorpe Presbyterian Church from December 1961, to December 1968.
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When he was eleven years old, Skip Hollandsworth moved with his family to Texas, settling in Wichita Falls in December 1968, where his father served as pastor of Fain Memorial Presbyterian Church.
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Skip Hollandsworth graduated from Texas Christian University in 1979, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
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Skip Hollandsworth began his career as the sports reporter for the Texas Christian University school newspaper, The Daily Skiff, covering the football team.
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Skip Hollandsworth has worked as a television producer and documentary filmmaker.
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Skip Hollandsworth was interviewed for the podcast Criminal in their episode "Cowboy Bob" about the bank robber Peggy Jo Tallas.
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Skip Hollandsworth has written numerous celebrity profiles for Texas Monthly, Glamour, Women's Health and others.
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Skip Hollandsworth's subjects have included Farrah Fawcett, Kate Winslet, Brooklyn Decker, Cher, Sandra Bullock, Kelly Clarkson, Tommy Lee Jones, Troy Aikman, and Lou Diamond Phillips.
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Skip Hollandsworth has been a finalist four times for the National Magazine Awards.
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Skip Hollandsworth's work has been included in such publications as Best American Crime Writing and Best American Magazine Writing.