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Jennifer Egan is a renowned American novelist, born on September 7, 1962. Her works are known for their unique narrative techniques and profound insights into modern life. Egan has won numerous literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' in 2011.

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“Technology makes everyone feel old. A laptop is old after two years. Someone always has something newer. Everyone seems to feel obsolete now, even the young.”

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“This is the music business. 'Five years is five hundred years' - your words.”

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Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad

Source: A Visit From the Goon Squad

“A bit of theory as we settle down for lunch: the waiter's treatment of Kitty is actually a kind of sandwich, with the bottom bread being the bored and slightly effete way he normally acts with customers, the middle being the crazed and abnormal way he feels around this famous nineteen-year-old girl, and the top bread being his attempt to contain and conceal this alien middle layer with some mode of behavior that at least approximates the bottom layer of boredom and effeteness that is his norm.”

Source: A Visit From the Goon Squad

“I think, for one thing, all of us remember those teenage years and those songs that we fell in love with and the music scene that we were part of. So, in a certain way, music cuts through time like almost nothing else. You know, it makes us feel like we're back in an earlier moment.”

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“Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.”

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“I hope to keep writing journalism as long as I write fiction; it's afforded me such amazing adventures and opportunities. It does take a lot of time, so it's hard to do both at once, but I try to do a big journalism piece every couple of years, and I'll hopefully continue with that.”

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“I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band.”

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Born: September 7, 1962
Known for: Novelist
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