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Eggers

Eggers is a surname of German origin. It is found in Germany and the Netherlands, as well as in North America and other regions with German or Dutch heritage. The name is generally considered to be patronymic or topographic, deriving from personal names such as Egger or Eggert or from place-name elements common in Germanic toponymy.

Notable people with the surname include Dave Eggers (born 1970), American writer, editor, and founder of the

See also: Egger, Eggert.

literary
collective
and
publishing
company
McSweeney's.
He
is
the
author
of
A
Heartbreaking
Work
of
Staggering
Genius
and
has
published
numerous
novels
and
non-fiction
works,
as
well
as
Contra
and
related
publications
in
the
literary
field.