Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is best known for his memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, which was a New York Times bestseller and won the American Book Award. Eggers is also the founder of McSweeney's, a nonprofit publishing company, and 826 Valencia, a nonprofit tutoring and writing center for students in the San Francisco Bay Area.Here are some additional details about Dave Eggers:

* He was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970.
* He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in journalism.
* He worked as a writer and editor for several publications, including Might magazine and Salon.com.
* He published his first book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, in 2000.
* He has since published several other books, including You Shall Know Our Velocity, What Is the What, Zeitoun, and The Circle.
* He is the founder of McSweeney's, a nonprofit publishing company that publishes books, a humor website, and a literary journal.
* He is also the founder of 826 Valencia, a nonprofit tutoring and writing center for students in the San Francisco Bay Area.
* He has received numerous awards for his work, including the American Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.