“My mind, I know, I can prove, hovers on hummingbird wings. It hovers and it churns. And when it's operating at full thrust, the churning does not stop. The machines do not rest, the systems rarely cool. And while I can forget anything of any importance--this is why people tell me secrets--my mind has an uncanny knack for organization when it comes to pain. Nothing tormenting is ever lost, never even diminished in color or intensity or quality of sound.”

American writer, editor, and publisher

Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is known for work across fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books, and for a career that has moved between writing and publishing. His 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. His work ranges across genres, but the available record here points especially to his nonfiction writing and his reach as an author with a wide body of published work.