Heroes of the Frontier

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dave Eggers is the author of The Circle; A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award; What Is the What, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. He is the recently retired founder of the McSweeney’s publishing house, and still-active editor of Voice of Witness, a book series that uses oral history to illuminate human rights crises. 826 National, the network of youth writing and tutoring centers he cofounded in 2002, now has affiliates in twenty-two cities around the world. ScholarMatch, a related nonprofit founded in 2010, offers college access programs and funding to U.S. students. Eggers is a winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, held the 2015 Amnesty International Chair and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

www.voiceofwitness.org

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www.826national.org

www.scholarmatch.org

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