Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers is an American author, editor, and publisher born on March 12, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts. He grew up in a suburb near Chicago, where he attended public schools. Eggers's parents both died of cancer within a few weeks of each other when he was 21, and he subsequently became the legal guardian of his younger brother, Christopher.

Eggers started his writing career in the 1990s when he moved to San Francisco and co-founded the magazine "Might". In 2000, his memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius was published and became a bestseller. The book is a tragicomic retelling of his experiences as a young man and a caregiver for his younger brother. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

In addition to A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Eggers has published many other books, including the novel The Circle, and the memoirs You Shall Know Our Velocity and What Is the What. He has also written for prestigious publications such as The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The Believer.

In 2002, Eggers co-founded 826 Valencia, a nonprofit organization that provides writing and tutoring programs for youth, which has since become a nationwide network. He also co-founded McSweeney's, an independent publishing company that publishes literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Eggers has been recognized for his work with many awards, including a National Book Award nomination, A Whiting Writers' Award, and an Ingram Merrill Foundation Award. He currently lives in Northern California with his wife, writer Vendela Vida, and their two children.