About Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. His 2000 memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius became a bestseller and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for General Nonfiction. He founded the literary journal Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the 826 Valencia literacy project, the human‑rights nonprofit Voice of Witness, and ScholarMatch, which links donors with students needing college tuition. His essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine.
![“[Wars] can come in different shapes and guises, but always wars come in increments. I am convinced there are steps, and that once these events are set in motion, they are virtually impossible to reverse. There were other steps in the country's stumble toward war, and I remember these days clearly…” quote by Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6c5/dave-eggers-638_peace_wars-can-come-in-different-shapes-and-gu_2088515.png)
![“[M]y mother read a horror novel every night. She had read every one in the library. When birthdays and Christmas would come, I would consider buying her a new one, the latest Dean R. Koontz or Stephen King or whatever, but I couldn't. I didn't want to encourage her. I couldn't touch my father's…” quote by Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9de/dave-eggers-638_books_m-y-mother-read-a-horror-novel-every-nig_645974.jpg)