Dave Eggers facts for kids
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Dave Eggers
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Eggers at BookExpo America in 2018
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| Born | March 12, 1970 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, editor, publisher, philanthropist |
| Period | 1993–present |
| Literary movement | Postmodern literature, post-postmodern, new sincerity |
| Spouse | Vendela Vida |
| Children | 2 |
Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He wrote the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
Eggers is also the founder of McSweeney's, a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness, and the founder of ScholarMatch.
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Eggers worked with Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng to tell a fictionalized account of Achak's life story
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Eggers in October 2008
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