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Jennifer Egan was born in Chicago and raised in San Francisco. She attended the University of Pennsylvania and St John's College, Cambridge.

She is the author of three novels, The Invisible Circus, Look at Me, a finalist for the National Book Award, and the bestselling The Keep, and a short story collection, Emerald City. She has published short fiction in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's and Ploughshares, among others, and her journalism appears frequently in the New York Times Magazine.


Average rating: 3.59 · 87,949 ratings · 13,125 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors
A Visit from the Goon Squad
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 71,832 ratings — published 2010 — 43 editions
The Keep
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 5,985 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions
Look at Me
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 4,642 ratings — published 2001 — 22 editions
The Invisible Circus
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 2,166 ratings — published 1994 — 19 editions
Emerald City
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 869 ratings — published 1996 — 12 editions
Black Box
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Safari
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2010
Found Objects
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007
Archeology
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3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011
Jack the Brave Conquers the...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012
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“I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.”
Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

“I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.”
Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

“If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you.”
Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

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