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Jennifer Egan

1962 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jennifer Egan is the 6,805th most popular writer (down from 6,401st in 2019), the 14,368th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,814th in 2019) and the 1,022nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jennifer Egan ranks 6,805 out of 7,302. Before her are Richard Flanagan, Éliette Abécassis, Nadia Anjuman, Victor Shenderovich, Katherine Schwarzenegger, and Al Alvarez. After her are Ángeles Caso, Nino Haratischwili, Nicole Krauss, Greg Daniels, Narine Abgaryan, and Kate Mosse.

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Among people born in 1962, Jennifer Egan ranks 696. Before her are Josef Hader, Edson Aparecido de Souza, Bill Sage, Per Frimann, Salvatore Antibo, and Steve Daines. After her are Israil Arsamakov, Viktor Bryzhin, Jasmine Guy, Santiago Ostolaza, David Morales, and Ángel Comizzo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jennifer Egan ranks 14,372 out of 20,380. Before her are George Stephanopoulos (1961), Mario Díaz-Balart (1961), Allison Hayes (1930), Dorothy Dell (1915), Yoon Mi-rae (1981), and Harry Anderson (1952). After her are DaMarcus Beasley (1982), Andrea James (1967), Jim Wetherbee (1952), John Garamendi (1945), Erik Spoelstra (1970), and Brian Tyree Henry (1982).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jennifer Egan ranks 1,022. Before her are Tom Kapinos (1969), Stephen Chbosky (1970), John Crowe Ransom (1888), William Safire (1929), Lawrence Wright (1947), and Katherine Schwarzenegger (1989). After her are Nicole Krauss (1974), Greg Daniels (1963), Justin Knapp (1982), Marge Piercy (1936), Ann C. Crispin (1950), and Mark Van Doren (1894).

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