Jennifer Egan
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born
September 06, 1962
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female
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The United States
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Literature & Fiction
about this author
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.
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The Keep by Jennifer Egan avg rating 3.22 — 1,555 ratings — published 2006 10 editions |
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Look at Me: A Novel by Jennifer Egan avg rating 3.35 — 925 ratings — published 2001 10 editions |
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The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan avg rating 3.50 — 366 ratings — published 1995 8 editions |
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Emerald City: Stories by Jennifer Egan avg rating 3.69 — 93 ratings — published 1996 7 editions |
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História a Três, Uma by Jennifer Egan avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2001 |
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"We lie. That's what we do. You're selling me a line of bullshit and you want me to sell you a line of bullshit back so you can write a major line of bullshit and be paid for it."
— Jennifer Egan (Look at Me)
— Jennifer Egan (Look at Me)
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