Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. March 12, 1970
Birthday: March 12
Tim O'Brien's book about Vietnam, The Things They Carried, has won every award, is studied in college and is considered to be definitive. But it's fiction.
source: "Dave Eggers: From 'staggering genius' to America's conscience". Interview with Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2010.
topic: Book, College, Awards, Tim O Brien