October 14, 2009
Press Release from National Book Council
On the evening of November 18, the National Book Foundation will award The Literarian Award to Dave Eggers, author, editor, journalist, publisher, screenwriter, and co-founder of 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center for youth. Eggers’ first book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize....
read full press release