Jennifer Egan, 48, is a famous author who just so happened to be the top influential people of the year in TIMES magazine. During her career she has wrote amazing books such as The Invisable Circus and The Keep. For the past fifteen years she has used to journalism to bring up the ideas such as homeless people and gay teenagers. Times said she is very inspirational and I agree.
Using her writing skills to bring up awareness for such issues is a good idea, and I think she is a very inspirational/influental person.
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,912528833001_0,00.html
That link is a video to a interview with Jennifer.
