Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers born March 12 1970 is an American writer editor and publisher His 2000 memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Eggers is also the founder of several literary and philanthropic ventures including the literary journal Timothy McSweeneys Quarterly Concern the literacy project 826 Valencia and the human rights nonprofit organisation Voice of Witness Additionally he founded ScholarMatch a program that connects donors with students needing funds for college tuition His writing has appeared in publications including The New Yorker Esquire and The New York Times Magazine Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Eggers licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia