Dave Eggers
March 12, 1970 (54 years old) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · To Be Destroyed as Self
- 2016 · Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers as Self
- 2005 · As Smart As They Are: The Author Project as Himself
- 2003 · Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) as Self