The Nix (Hill) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1975-76
• Where—Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
• Education—B.A., University of Iowa; M.A. University of Massachusetts
• Currently—lives in Naples, Florida


Nathan Hill is an American author, a native of Iowa who was raised in various states in the Midwest. He now makes his home in Naples, Florida, while on leave from his teaching position as an associate professor at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Writing
His debut novel, The Nix, was published in 2016 and received widespread acclaim, including starred reviews from all four publishing journals: Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly (no mean feat.)

His short stories have appeared in The Iowa Review, Gulf Coast, Denver Quarterly, Fugue, Gettysburg Review and other journals. The journal Fiction awarded him the Fiction Prize for his story "The Bottle."

Early career
Hill has worked as an editor and website designer for the Academy of American Poets and, prior to that, as a print journalist. (Adapted from the author's website.)