Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He wrote the 2000 best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers is also the founder of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, a literary journal; a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia, co-founder of The Hawkins Project, and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness; and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in several magazines, including The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine.
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| Born | March 12, 1970 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Period | 1993–present |
| Literary movement | Postmodern literature, post-postmodern, new sincerity |
| Spouse | Vendela Vida |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | William D. Eggers (brother) Constance Demby (aunt) |
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