American · b. 1962
Jennifer Egan won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with "A Visit from the Goon Squad," a novel in linked stories that included a chapter written as PowerPoint slides. The American author experiments with form while creating emotionally resonant narratives. "The Candy House" returned to the Goon Squad universe; "Manhattan Beach" proved she could write historical fiction. Egan's work demonstrates that formal innovation and popular appeal need not conflict.