Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. September 7, 1962
Birthday: September 7
I'm very interested in the way the Internet has changed teenage life. Obviously it's very different from when I grew up, when there weren't even answering machines, much less computers. I was telling my children this the other day, and the little one said, "Did you have electricity, Mom?" and I was like okay, enough, kid.
source: "Jennifer Egan’s Novel Approach". Interview with Kiera Butler, www.motherjones.com. May 27, 2010.
topic: Mom, Teenage, Children, Teenage Life, Answering Machines