Dave Eggers
Born: 1970-03-12 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2024
- To Be Destroyed as Self
2023
- Extrapolations ... (Story)
2021
- Tomorrow Most Likely ... (Writer)
2017
- The Circle ... (Novel)
2016
- A Hologram for the King ... (Novel)
- Your Mother and I ... (Original Story)
- Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers as Self
2013
- Francis ... (Writer)
2012
- Promised Land ... (Story)
2011
- American Teacher ... (Producer)
2009
- Where the Wild Things Are ... (Screenplay)
- Away We Go ... (Writer)
- The Room Before and After - Part 3: Maria Bamford ... (Director)
- The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco ... (Director)
- The Room Before and After - Part 2: Creed Bratton ... (Director)
2005
- As Smart As They Are: The Author Project as Himself
2003
- Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) as Self