He left the University of Illinois and moved to Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend Kirsten and his brother. The two elder siblings, William and Beth, were unable to commit to caring for Toph his oldest sibling, William, had a full-time job and his next-oldest sibling, Beth, was enrolled in law school. At the time, Eggers was age 21, and his youngest sibling, Christopher ("Toph"), was 8 years old. These events were chronicled in his first book, the fictionalized A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. However, his studies were interrupted by the deaths of both of his parents: his father in 1991 from brain and lung cancer, and his mother in January 1992 from stomach cancer. Eggers briefly spoke about his sister's death during a 2002 fan interview for McSweeney's.Eggers attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, intending to get a degree in journalism. Eggers's sister, Beth, died by suicide in November 2001. Eggers, is a researcher who has worked for several conservative think tanks, doing research promoting privatization. When Eggers was still a child, the family moved to the suburb of Lake Forest, near Chicago, where he attended public high school and was a classmate of actor Vince Vaughn. His father was Protestant and his mother was Catholic.
Eggers (1936–1991), was an attorney, while his mother, Heidi McSweeney Eggers (1940–1992), was a school teacher. Early life and education Eggers was born in Boston, Massachusetts, one of four siblings. His writing has appeared in several magazines. Eggers is also the founder of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, a literary journal a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. He wrote the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Dave appeared at a series of fund-raising events in 2006, dubbed the Revenge of the Book–Eaters tour, to support these programs.Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. All the chapters are under the auspices of the nonprofit organization 826 National. The organization has since grown into six chapters across the United States: Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Washington, D.C., and Boston. This is nonprofit writing and tutoring center for kids ages 6–18 in San Francisco. He and educator Nínive Clements Calegari co-founded 826 Valencia in 2002.
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