Sat. Dec. 15 at 5 p.m. Fiction writer Simon Van Booy reads from his new short story collection, The Sadness of Beautiful Things.

Simon Van Booy is the award-winning and best-selling author of nine books of fiction, and three anthologies of philosophy. He has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times, NPR, and the BBC. His books have been translated into many languages. He lives in New York with his wife and daughter. In 2013, he founded Writers for Children, a project which helps young people build confidence in their storytelling abilities through annual awards.