Mona Simpson

This article is about the novelist Mona Simpson. For the Simpsons character named after her, see Mona Simpson (The Simpsons).
Mona Simpson
BornMona Jandali
(1957-06-14) June 14, 1957 (age 67)
Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
Columbia University (MFA)
Children2
RelativesSteve Jobs (brother)
Lisa Brennan-Jobs (niece)
Reed Jobs (nephew)
Laurene Powell Jobs (sister-in-law)
Website
monasimpson.com

Mona Simpson (née Jandali; June 14, 1957)[1][2] is an American novelist. She has written six novels and studied English at University of California, Berkeley, and languages and literature at Columbia University.[3][4] She won a Whiting Award for her first novel, Anywhere but Here (1986). It was a popular success and adapted as a film by the same name, released in 1999. She wrote a sequel, The Lost Father (1992). Critical recognition has included the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize and making the shortlist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for her novel Off Keck Road (2000).

She is the biological younger sister of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. She was born after her parents had married and did not meet Jobs, who was placed for adoption after he was born, until she was 25 years old.[5]

  1. ^ Meer, Ameena (Summer 1987). "Artists in Conversation: Mona Simpson". Bomb, Issue 20. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference bioms was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Soderburg, Wendy (August 5, 2010). "UCLA author's latest novel: A young mother, her nanny and hard choices". UCLA Today. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "BARD COLLEGE:FACULTY BIOGRAPHY-MONA SIMPSON". Bard College. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Simpson, Mona (October 30, 2011). "A Sister's Eulogy for Steve Jobs". The New York Times. Retrieved October 30, 2011.