McSweeney's Collection
The San Francisco based not-for-profit publishing house, McSweeney鈥檚 Publishing, was established by Dave Eggers in 1998.聽It began as a literary journal,听, of which Eggers was the editor, publishing quality writing that was rejected by other magazines.聽
Today the company not only produces the聽Quarterly聽but also operates a daily humour website, publishes聽The Believer, a bi-monthly arts and culture magazine, and publishes an increasing number of books under various imprints. It has received dozens of awards for its contributions to literature and publishing, and was recently named America鈥檚 seventh most innovative media company for proving the value of print publishing through its distinctive writing and design.
Dave Eggers was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1970. His parents, attorney John K. Eggers and school teacher Heidi McSweeney Eggers, sent him to the public high school in Lakes Forest, where he befriended classmate and actor, Vince Vaughn. He developed an interest in journalism, enrolling in the course at the University of Illinois, but his studies were cut short by the tragic death of both of his parents from cancer in 1991 and 1992. Eggers was just 21 years of age at the time; his yo