Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad. She has also written several other novels, including The Keep, Look at Me, and Manhattan Beach. Egan has received numerous awards for her writing, including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Egan is a master of the short story form, and her work often explores themes of identity, memory, and technology. Her writing is both critically acclaimed and widely read, and she is considered one of the most important contemporary American writers.