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Author of 'The Nix' Nathan Hill Presents Lecture Series at FGCU

Nathan Hill is a writer that for years dabbled in non-fiction and creative short stories, but his debut literary fiction novel, “The Nix” was nationally recognized as the #1 book of the year by Audible and Entertainment Weekly. “The Nix” chronicles its main character’s, Samuel Andresen-Anderson, journey when he is reconnected with his mother who left him as a young child. Hill is the featured speaker at a Florida Gulf Coast University lecture series that seeks to analyze how digital media has influenced writers. He joins us in the studio to discuss the lecture series, his book tour and his novel. The next lecture in the series is “Everything Old is New Again: What Happens When Literature Goes Digital”(Wednesday, January 30 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Sugden Hall, room 114)