Let's make this birthday one to remember.

62 years old (Born on September 07, 1962)

Happy Birthday, Jennifer Egan! May your day be as delightfully unpredictable and brilliantly interconnected as "A Visit from the Goon Squad." Your storytelling prowess has given us unforgettable characters who age better than fine wine—though hopefully with fewer existential crises.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning novels to HBO adaptations, you've shown that life's greatest hits can indeed come in unexpected chapters. Here's hoping this birthday brings you joy worthy of a bestselling plot twist—and may time treat you far kinder than it does some of your beloved protagonists!

Cheers to another year filled with literary magic (and minimal goon interference)!