Dave Eggers

56, from Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He wrote the 2000 best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers is also the founder of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, a literary journal; a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness; and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in several magazines.

Timeline

2027Future projects

2024Aged 54

  • Poster for To Be Destroyed

    Self

2021Aged 51

  • Poster for Tomorrow Most Likely

    Writer

2017Aged 47

  • Poster for The Circle

    Screenplay

2016Aged 46

2013Aged 43

  • Poster for Francis

    Writer

2012Aged 42

  • Poster for Promised Land

    Story

2011Aged 41

  • Poster for American Teacher

    Producer

2009Aged 39

  • Poster for The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco

    Director

  • Poster for The Room Before and After - Part 2: Creed Bratton

    Director

  • Poster for The Room Before and After - Part 3: Maria Bamford

    Director

  • Poster for Away We Go

    Writer

  • Poster for Where the Wild Things Are

    Screenplay

2003Aged 33

  • Poster for Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

    Self

Year unknown