Jennifer Egan

American author
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Jennifer Egan (born September 6, 1962, Chicago, Illinois) is an American novelist and short-story writer whose diverse works have garnered great critical acclaim. Egan was born in Chicago but grew up in San Francisco. She attended the University of Pennsylvania and then went to England to study at St. John’s College, Cambridge. During this period she also visited different locales in Europe. Her excursions were reflected in her first novel, The Invisible Circus (1995; film 2001), which tells the story of a girl who travels through Europe, tracing the footsteps of her dead sister. Her short-story collection Emerald City (1996) ...(100 of 406 words)