Mona Simpson (novelist)

For the cartoon character, see Mona Simpson.

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Mona Simpson (born in 1957) is a novelist and essayist. She is the younger biological sister of Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Computer. The children were separated by adoption.

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1957 - Steve Jobs

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She attended the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied with Jackson Burgess, Earl Thompson, and Thom Gunn. Having received her B.A. from Berkeley, she attended Columbia University where she received an M.F.A. She also worked for Paris Review and Cosmopolitan Magazine during this period.

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University of California at Berkeley - Earl Thompson - Thom Gunn - Columbia University - Paris Review - Cosmopolitan Magazine

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At Columbia she began her first published novel, Anywhere But Here, the story of a turbulent mother-daughter relationship, which became a bestseller when it was published by Knopf in 1986.

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She has since published The Lost Father, A Regular Guy (a portrait of her brother Steve Jobs), and Off Keck Road. She is a frequent contributor to anthologies and essay collections, and has written notably about Henry James. She lives in New York and California with her husband Richard Appel and two children.

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The Lost Father - A Regular Guy - Steve Jobs - Off Keck Road

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