Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short-story writer.
* She was born in Chicago in 1962 and grew up in San Francisco.
* She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and St. John's College, Cambridge.
* Her first novel, The Invisible Circus, was published in 1995.
* She has since published four more novels, including A Visit from the Goon Squad, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2011.
* She has also published two short story collections.
* Her work has been praised for its intelligence, wit, and originality.
* She is a recipient of numerous awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Guggenheim Fellowship.
* She lives in Brooklyn, New York.