1. Mona Simpson has written six novels and studied English at University of California, Berkeley, and languages and literature at Columbia University.
11 Facts About Mona Simpson
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Mona Simpson won a Whiting Award for her first novel, Anywhere but Here.
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Mona Simpson is the biological younger sister of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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Mona Simpson 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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When Schieble remarried, both she and Mona took the name of her new husband, George Simpson.
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Mona Simpson described herself as a good student as a child but was "a clown" and "a smart aleck" who used to make jokes in class.
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Schieble then arranged for Jobs and Mona Simpson to meet in New York where Mona Simpson worked.
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In 1994, Mona Simpson returned to the Los Angeles area with her then-husband, Richard Appel.
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In 2001, Mona Simpson started teaching creative writing at UCLA; she has an appointment at Bard College in New York state.
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Mona Simpson's first novel, Anywhere But Here, was a critical and popular success, winning a Whiting Award.
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Mona Simpson married television writer and producer Richard Appel in 1993 and had two children.