Let's make this birthday one to remember.

59 years old (Born on March 05, 1966)

Happy Birthday, Mark Z. Danielewski! May your special day be filled with fewer footnotes and more cake—though knowing you, the frosting might spiral into a labyrinthine narrative that leaves us deliciously confused.

Your groundbreaking novel "House of Leaves" continues to captivate readers worldwide; it's been years since its release yet we're still navigating hallways in our sleep. Congratulations on crafting stories so compelling they require maps and flashlights just to finish them! Here's hoping this year brings even greater literary adventures (and perhaps an easier-to-follow plotline). Cheers to another chapter full of creativity—and maybe slightly less existential dread!