. . . "Mona Simpson"@en . . . . . "American novelist" . "1957-06-14Z"^^ . "Simpson, Mona"@en . . . . "1957Z"^^ . "Mona Elizabeth Simpson (born Mona Jandali; June 14, 1957) is an American novelist and university professor. She has written six novels and is a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Sadie Samuelson Levy Professor in 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)."@en . . . . "Mona Jandali"@en . .