Dave Eggers

Known for WritingBorn 1970-03-12 (age 56)Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

As Smart As They Are: The Author Project

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

The Room Before and After - Part 2: Creed Bratton

Away We Go

Where the Wild Things Are

Promised Land

Francis

Extrapolations

The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco

The Room Before and After - Part 3: Maria Bamford

A Hologram for the King

Your Mother and I

American Teacher

The Circle

To Be Destroyed

Tomorrow Most Likely

Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers

Zeitoun

The Comebacker