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- Born: March 12, 1970
- Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
- Alma Mater: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Spouse: Vendela Vida
- Literary Genre: Non-fiction, Literary Fiction
- Founder: McSweeney's
- Co-Founder: 826 National
- Awards: TED Prize Winner (2008)
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Career
Dave Eggers began his career working for Salon.com as an editor. In 2000, his memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He published his first novel, You Shall Know Our Velocity, in 2002. His 2006 novel, What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, was nominated for a National Book Critics Award in 2006.Eggers publishes the magazines The Believer and McSweeney's under the publishing house also called McSweeney's. With Vendela Vida and NÃnive Clements Calegari, Eggers co-founded 826 National, a nonprofit tutoring center and writing school.
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Dave Eggers Questions
where can i find the wizzinator dave 1 AnswerThey don't sell the whizzinator anymore. The company was shut down and its founders and executives were indicted by federal investigators for fraud and for sell... read more
Is there a Pandora-type site to find new book authors Id like? 3 AnswersAlthough still in Beta, BookLamp.org's stated goal is to be a 'Pandora' for books. Here's a site description: BookLamp.org matches readers to books through an a... read more
Is there a clip of the night Paul got mad at Dave and threw his sheet music all over the place???? 2 AnswersI was not able to find anything about Paul Shaffer getting mad at David Letterman. As a consolation, I am attaching the clip of David Letterman venting about ge... read more
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Fiction
- 2002: You Shall Know Our Velocity
- 2003: Sacrament
- 2004: The Unforbidden is Compulsory; or, Optimism
- 2004: How We Are Hungry
- 2005: Short Short Stories
- 2006: What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
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Humor Books
- 2003: Giraffes? Giraffes!
- 2004: Your Disgusting Head
- 2006: Animals of the Ocean, in Particular the Giant Squid
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@albedocash You've seen half a second of the American Office, thus you boycott a Dave Eggers-penned film with him in it. REAL SMART STUFF.
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Dave Eggers & Spike Jonze talk re their 1st visit to M. Sendak for #WhereTheWildThingsAre http://tinyurl.com/yglcou4 (via @debs)
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@mashable Great list of non-profits. Can I recommend adding @826National founded by Dave Eggers working on reading and writing skills
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RT @debs: Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze talk about their first visit to Maurice Sendak. http://tinyurl.com/yglcou4 (via @cherylgledhill)
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Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze talk about their first visit to Maurice Sendak. http://tinyurl.com/yglcou4 (via @cherylgledhill)
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