Egbert B. Gebstadter is a fictional author who appears in the indexes of books written by an American professor who was born in what year?
Egbert B. Gebstadter Egbert B. Gebstadter is a fictional author who appears in the indexes (and sometimes in the text) of books by Douglas R. Hofstadter. For each Hofstadter book, there is a corresponding Gebstadter book. His name is derived from "GEB", the abbreviation for Hofstadter's first book "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid"; the letters appear in his last name, permuted in his first name, and permuted again in his initials.
Deborah Eisenberg Deborah Eisenberg (born November 20, 1945) is an American short-story writer, actress and teacher. She is a professor of writing at Columbia University.