Biography
Mona Simpson (née Jandali; June 14, 1957) is an American novelist. She has written six novels and studied English at University of California, Berkeley, and languages and literature at Columbia University.
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.
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1957-06-14 (66 years old)
Birth NameMona Jandali
Birth PlaceGreen Bay, Wisconsin, United States of America
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RelationshipsRichard Appel (1993-01-01 - 2012-01-01)
FatherJohn Abdulfattah Jandali
MotherJoanne Carole Schieble Simpson
SiblingsSteve Jobs
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsHeartland Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship
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