Nathan Hill

October 18, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.

 

Nathan Hill’s best-selling debut novel, The Nix, was named the number one book of 2016 by Entertainment Weekly and one of the year’s best books by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Slate, and many others.

 

It was the winner of the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction from the Los Angeles Times and was published worldwide in more than two dozen languages. A native Iowan, Hill lives with his wife in Naples, Florida.

Event Details
October 18, 2025

6 – 7:15 p.m.

Doors open at 6 at the Art Museum of South Texas. Food and wine will be served at Elizabeth’s during the Patrons’ Party.

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Reading & Q&A with the author.
Tickets: $10, students are free.

8:30 – 9 p.m.

Book signing by the author (Books available for purchase on site and in advance at Half-Price Books)
SAVE THE DATE | SPRING 2025

Lucas Schaefer

Lucas Schaefer’s debut novel, THE SLIP, is now available from Simon & Schuster. You can order THE SLIP here! The Slip is an anticipated book of the summer from the New York Times, the Washington Post, People, Lit Hub and NPR.org, and is a USA Today national bestseller.

Recent features on THE SLIP include a profile in Texas Monthly, a conversation on Book Public from Texas Public Radio, and a segment on the Book Report from CBS Sunday Morning.

Read and listen to all news, reviews, and podcasts. A book club discussion guide is now available!

Lucas’s work has appeared in One Story, The Baffler, Slate and other publications. He holds an MFA from the New Writers Project at UT-Austin. Lucas lives with his family in Austin.

For a full list of authors who have been our guests, see Past Readings.

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