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Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers (b 1970, USA) is an author and journalist based in San Francisco. He has produced many novels and works of nonfiction, including The Circle, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, Zeitoun and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. He is the co-founder of a number of non-profit organisations, including 826 National, Voice of Witness, the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation, and ScholarMatch. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and is the winner of the American Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

2021 - Books, magazines, and pirate stores: writing and activism in California and beyond
2018 - Dave Eggers Conjures a Fantastical Story for Young Readers
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