Eu ‧ gen ‧ i ‧ des, Jef ‧ frey /juːˈdʒenədiːz, juːˈdʒenɪdiːz, ˈdʒefri/ BrE AmE
(1960–) a US writer whose books often deal with strange or unusual events in a way that makes them seem almost normal. His novel The Virgin Suicides , which is also a film, is a story about five sisters who all commit suicide together. His other well-known novel, Middlesex , won a Pulitzer Prize in 2003.