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Mona Simpson

1957 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mona Simpson is the 4,493rd most popular writer (down from 4,110th in 2019), the 6,694th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,390th in 2019) and the 507th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Mona Simpson ranks 4,493 out of 7,302. Before her are Tullio Pinelli, Yosef Haim Brenner, Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, Catherine Millet, Ferenc Karinthy, and Léon Damas. After her are Émile Nelligan, Mongo Beti, Diego Durán, Mykola Khvylovy, Agnes Miegel, and Johann Jakob Breitinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Mona Simpson ranks 256. Before her are Fabrizio Meoni, Christer Fuglesang, Miquel Barceló, Gamal Al-Ghandour, Mona Sahlin, and Rafael Gordillo. After her are Anouar Brahem, Tad Williams, Yuri Shevchuk, Martin Donovan, Evelyn Ashford, and Lothaire Bluteau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mona Simpson ranks 6,696 out of 20,380. Before her are David Amram (1930), Mary Edwards Walker (1832), Tony Accardo (1906), Betty Compson (1897), Maya Hawke (1998), and Ethel Catherwood (1908). After her are Marian Seldes (1928), Barbara Broccoli (1960), Danny Carey (1961), Theodore Freeman (1930), Melinda Dillon (1939), and Elmo Lincoln (1889).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mona Simpson ranks 507. Before her are Nicholas Pileggi (1933), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Lloyd Alexander (1924), Tracy Chevalier (1962), C. J. Cherryh (1942), and David Mamet (1947). After her are David Baldacci (1960), Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908), Tad Williams (1957), John Piper (1946), Mike Resnick (1942), and Jane Bowles (1917).

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