Jennifer Egan(I)

Egan's novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad" won the 2011 Pulitzer prize for fiction, America's most prestigious literary award.

Online, lies and truth look the same. This has been a boon for professional liars, who take advantage of the fact that two-thirds of Americans get their news from social media, and use these platforms to market falsehoods as moneymaking ventures..as vehicles of personal fame, or for foreign powers like China and Russia, as a way to spread propaganda in hopes of influencing voters and thereby our elections.