1. Dave Eggers Life, Achievements, Writings

2. Childhood Born March 1970 Boston, MA 3 siblings Mother = school teacher Father = attorney Moved to Chicago suburb Classmate of Vince Vaughn

3. Education and Work Studied for degree in journalism No degree Parents died of cancer Eggers cared for younger brother (8) Moved to California Worked freelance for a newspaper (graphic design) Took over a newspaper with his friend Turned it into a magazine specializing in satire

4. Family and Honors Eggers lives in California with wife – Vendela Vida (writer) – Two children Honors: – 2005 – awarded Doctor of Letters (honorary) from Brown University – 2008 TED prize Wish for community members to engage with local public schools – Named “One of fifty visionaries who are changing the world” (2008)

5. Publications Editor for salon.com; founder of Might magazine; writer of comic strip 2000 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius – Finalist for Pulitzer Prize 2002 You Shall Know Our Velocity How We Are Hungry (short stories) 2005 Surviving Justice: America’s Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated

6. Publications 2006 What is the What Editor of Best American Nonrequired Reading series Contributor to ESPN The Magazine 2009 Zeitoun Won Courage in Media award 2012 A Hologram for the King

7. Other achievements Dubbed the “J.D. Salinger of Generation X” Co-founded 826 Valencia Nonprofit writing and tutoring center Started a publishing house (McSweeney’s) Wrote an essay about soccer in the US and the United States national team 2007 – awarded Heinz Award Designed album artwork for musical groups

8. Zeitoun A work of nonfiction Based on the words of Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun Set during and following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans Protagonist is a Syrian immigrant Deals with issues of prejudice Arab family living in US following September 11

9. Zeitoun Winner of American Book Award Winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Being made into a film directed by Jonathan Demme Philadelphia The Manchurian Candidate The Silence of the Lambs

10. Hurricane Katrina

12. Winds of 125 mph during landfall Very low minimum central pressure at landfall Classified as Category 3 upon landfall Began as a tropical depression off the Bahamas on August 23, then became Tropical Storm Katrina August 24 Became a hurricane on August 25 Spent only seven hours over land

13. Hurricane Katrina August 28 – maximum windspeeds – over 170 mph August 29 – landfall Was a Category 4 storm before landfall Eastern Florida – 15 inches of rain Gulf Coast – over 1 inch of rain/hour on the coast

14. Hurricane Katrina Impact Estimates of 1800+ lives lost Flooding (80%+ of New Orleans under water) Reduction in oil production Power Outages Financial costs for damages - $85 – 100+ billion Travel disruption – roads and bridges destroyed

15. Sources Zeitoun http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1101630/bio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Eggers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Egger http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/special-reports/katrina.html Pictures from google images