Garden District Books presents Nicholas Mainieri with Katy Simpson Smith

Garden District Books will host Nick Mainieri with Katy Simpson Smith at 6 p.m. on Friday, November 18, at their storefront (2727 Prytania St). The event is free and open to the public.

Nicholas Mainieri’s debut novel, The Infinite, will be published by Harper Perennial in November of 2016. Born in Miami, Florida, in 1983, Nicholas has also lived in Colorado and Indiana. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, he earned his MFA from the University of New Orleans. His short stories have appeared in the Southern Review, the Southern Humanities Review, and Salamander, among other literary magazines. He currently teaches writing and literature at Nicholls State University, located in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. He resides in New Orleans with his wife and son.