Joshua Foer is an American journalist and author born in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Yale University in 2004.
Foer's debut book, Moonwalking with Einstein, became a bestseller and earned him a substantial advance.
He won the U.S.A. Memory Championship in 2006, memorizing a deck of cards in under two minutes.
Foer's work has appeared in major publications, and he has organized various websites and cultural projects.
He comes from a family of writers, with his brothers Franklin and Jonathan Safran Foer also achieving literary success.
Foer is married to Dinah Herlands, whom he met at Yale.
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