Jennifer Egan
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Jennifer Egan is an author born on September 7, 1962. Her bibliography includes works such as *Look at Me*, *Emerald City*, *Schreibtisch mit Aussicht*, *Granta 110*, and *The Candy House*. She has two children and maintains an official website.
Egan’s work has been recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection. A quote associated with her reads, “She and Coz were collaborators, writing a story whose end had already been determined: she would get well.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1962-09-07 ) September 7, 1962 (age 63) , Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania ( BA ) St John's College, Cambridge ( MA )
- Genre
- Fiction novel short story
- Notable works
- A Visit from the Goon Squad (2010) Manhattan Beach (2017)
- Notable awards
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowship Pulitzer Prize for Fiction National Book Critics Circle Award
- Spouse
- David Herskovits ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 )
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jennifer
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- novelist
- Position held
- president
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- A Visit from the Goon Squad
- Official website
- jenniferegan.com
- Image
- Jennifer Egan Occupy Wall Street 2011 Shankbone.JPG
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- New York City
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- Jennifer Egan
- date of birth
- 1962-09-07
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- social media followers
- 19000
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Encyclopedic overview
Jennifer Egan (born September 7, 1962) is an American novelist and short-story writer. Her novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. From 2018 to 2020, she served as the president of PEN America.
Early life
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