Shane Finkelstein grew up in Valley Stream, Long Island and majored in English at the University of Maryland. After college, he moved to Atlanta and published a magazine called University Reporter, which subsequently became INsite Magazine. After nine years in Atlanta, he met his soon to be wife Courtney and they traveled around the world in Y2K. Returning to the states, Shane and Courtney moved to New Orleans and opened a burrito joint in the CBD called Nacho Mama’s. In 2003 and 2007, the Finkelsteins opened two more locations, on Magazine Street and in the Elmwood Shopping Center. During his time in New Orleans, Shane has continued his passion for writing, with feature stories in INsite Magazine, Where Yat Magazine and the New Orleans Levee. Finding Gordon Lipschitz is his first full-length novel. He currently resides in Uptown New Orleans, has three children and is working on a new book titled The Miser.