Mona Simpson

About Mona Simpson

Author who earned the coveted Whiting Prize for her debut novel, Anywhere But Here (1986). Off Keck Road, which she wrote in 2000, won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize.

Mona Simpson is an American novelist. She has written six novels and studied English at the University of California, Berkeley and Languages and Literature at Columbia University. She won a Whiting Award for her first novel, Anywhere but Here. It was a popular success and adapted as a film by the same name, released in 1999. She wrote a sequel, The Lost Father. Critical recognition has included the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize and making the shortlist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for her novel Off Keck Road. Simpson is the younger sister of the late Apple 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.

Occupation	Novelist, English professor
Relatives	Steve Jobs (brother), Lisa Brennan-Jobs (niece), Laurene Powell Jobs (sister-in-law)
Education	University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University
Children	2
Born	Mona Jandali, June 14, 1957, Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Notable works	Anywhere But Here (1986), The Lost Father (1992), A Regular Guy (1996)

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Trivia

She discovered in her adulthood that the child her young parents had given up for adoption before her birth was none other than Apple founder, Steve Jobs. Following Jobs' untimely death, she wrote a eulogy for her late brother that was published in the New York Times.

Mona Simpson before fame

She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in creative writing from Columbia University. Her debut novel was released in 1986.

Achievement of Mona Simpson

She learned out later in life that the kid her young parents had given up for adoption prior to her birth was none other than Steve Jobs, the creator of Apple. She wrote a eulogy for her late brother, Steve Jobs, after his unexpected death, which was published in the New York Times.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.)

Mona Simpson family life

She was the daughter of a Syrian father and an American mother, and her mother and stepfather were her primary caregivers. She then married Richard Appel, a writer for The Simpsons, but the couple later divorced.

Associations of Mona Simpson

Her ex-husband worked on The Simpsons with Harry Shearer and the rest of the voice cast.

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Family Members

Name	Relationship	Net worth	Profession
Steve Jobs	Brother	$10.2 Billion	Entrepreneur
Grace Appel	Daughter		N/A
Abdulfattah John Jandali	Father		N/A
Richard Appel	Former spouse	N/A	Screenwriter
Joanne Schieble Simpson	Mother		N/A
Reed Jobs	Nephew	$1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.)	Celebrity Family Member
Lisa Brennan- Jobs	Niece		N/A
Eve Jobs	Niece	$1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.)	Equestrian
Erin Siena Jobs	Niece	$1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.)	Celebrity Family Member
Gabriel Appel	Son		N/A