Mona Simpson understands the epic tale within every life. She explains the personal roots of "Commitment," about children whose mother is institutionalized.

MONA SIMPSON wanted to see the Matisse. Planning a daylong stopover on her way from Los Angeles, where she now lives, to pick up her son from camp in Maine and to meet with her publisher about her ...

Mona Simpson’s Fiancé Promised to Read ‘Middlemarch.’ He Never Did. Now He’s Her Ex. “Certain men are constitutionally incapable of reading one of the greatest novels ever written ...

Mona Simpson: I think we’d all agree the answer is yes, but people react to their parents’ lives in different ways, both consciously and unconsciously.

Mona Simpson, Steve Jobs‘ sister, accomplished novelist and UCLA professor, gave a moving eulogy for the Apple co-founder at the memorial service held on Oct. 16 at the Memorial Church of ...

Simpson leans forward and, for a moment, looks as if she's going to say something more, but doesn't. Then she stands up and takes her handbag off the back of the chair. Her 14-year-old daughter ...

He was a billionaire. He was intensely competitive. He cared deeply about technology and design. But in the end, Steve Jobs knew what mattered most: human lives, human connections. Jobs’ sist… ...

Enter Mona Simpson, one of America’s most insightful writers, who understands subtle class distinctions and interactions, which are on full display in this satirical and moving novel.

Today, the NY Times has an op-ed by award-winning writer Mona Simpsonremembering her brother Steve Jobs.Jobs, who died earlier this month, was born two years before Simpson but their parents put ...

In Mona Simpson's new novel, Casebook, the budding sleuth is Miles, who begins spying on his parents to gain an upper hand in disputes over his TV habits. Instead, he learns more about their inner ...

If Marilynne Robinson can wait 14 years between “Housekeeping” and “Gilead,” then Mona Simpson can take 10 years between her novel, “Off Keck Road” and her latest work, “My Hollywood ...

If The Catcher in the Rye were written today, the publishing insider's joke goes, it would be categorized as a young adult novel. The YA market, along with that of its publishing twin, New ...