About Me

Biography

Heath Dollar is the author of Waylon County: Texas Stories and Old Country Fiddle, which won the Texas Institute of Letters’ 2021 Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction and was named the March 2022 Read of the Month by Southern Literary Review. Dollar, whose work has appeared in a number of publications, was also a finalist for the Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story, and he won the 2018 Texas Observer Short Story Prize for “Ink Upon the Furrows.” He lives in Fort Worth.

Selected Publications

Ink Upon the Furrows (short story)

https://www.texasobserver.org/ink-upon-the-furrows/

Third Fiddle (short story)

https://deadmule.com/heath-dollar-fiction-january-2021/

The Lord Ain't Willing and the Creek's Done Rose (short story)

https://thebluenib.com/the-lord-aint-willing-and-the-creeks-done-rose-heath-dollar/

Porkchop (short story)

http://mrbullbull.com/newbull/fiction/porkchop/

The Flag Salesman (short story) Issue 4.1

http://www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/cj-issues--authors.html

Dallas Morning News op-ed

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2013/08/16/lets-sing-the-praises-of-our-dallas-area-musical-heritage/

Dallas Morning News op-ed

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/2012/08/18/heath-dollar-bilingual-students-should-recognize-the-benefits/

Where to Find My Work

Old Country Fiddle

https://www.reddirtpress.net/book-catalog/old-country-fiddle-stories

Waylon County: Texas Stories

https://www.amazon.com/Waylon-County-Stories-Heath-Dollar/dp/0998066141

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/waylon-county-heath-dollar/1127121182

Panther City Review

https://www.amazon.com/Panther-City-Review-Rachel-Pilcher/dp/099806615X/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=sleepingpanth-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=132c7487cdc1a0aade0d54ab95427964&creativeASIN=099806615X

Red Dirt Forum

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646338790/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Blog: Across the Texas Line

https://heathdollar.blogspot.com/

In the Media

Interviews

Southwestern University

https://www.southwestern.edu/live/news/13003-without-work-there-are-no-kolaches

Cowboy Jamboree (Issue 4.1)

http://www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/cj-issues--authors.html

Words on a Wire (KTEP El Paso)

https://wordsonawire.org/podcast/page/3/?et_blog

Book Reviews

Southern Literary Review

https://southernlitreview.com/reviews/march-read-of-the-month-old-country-fiddle-by-heath-dollar.htm

Lone Star Literary Life

https://www.lonestarliterary.com/node/1181

Press

Houston Chronicle

https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/books/texas-institute-of-letters-honors-houston-17119578

Readings

Reading at Fort Worth Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EB5rejR4pg

Directory Link

Poets & Writers Directory Profile

https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/heath_dollar