Mona Simpson, Date of Birth

Mona Simpson

American novelist

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1957

Profession: writer, novelist, essayist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Mona Simpson (née Jandali; June 14, 1957) is an American novelist.
She has written six novels and studied English at the University of California, Berkeley and Languages and Literature at Bard College.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). Simpson is the younger sister of the late Apple Inc.
co-founder Steve Jobs.
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.