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Hillegonds discusses and signs his memoir "The Distance Between." Hillegonds’s work has appeared in publications such as The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, Assay and others.   He was awarded an Honorable Mention for nonfiction in the New Millennium Awards 36 presented by New Millennium Writings. He earned a Master of Arts in Writing and Publishing (MAWP) from DePaul University and was nominated for a 2015 Illinois Arts Council Literary Award.