# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mona-simpson
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:02:26.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mona-simpson"
name: "Mona Simpson"
slug: "mona-simpson"
description: "Mona Elizabeth Simpson is an American novelist. She has written six novels and studied English at University of California, Berkeley, and languages and literature at Columbia University.\nShe 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)."
tagline: "American novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simpson%2C_Mona_MBFI.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.53842133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801130/"
    handle:    "nm0801130"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.monasimpson.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mona Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mona Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mona Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mona Simpson"
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    title: "Mona Simpson"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mona Simpson"
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    title: "Mona Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mona Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mona Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mona Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mona Simpson (forfatter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Simpson_(escritora)"
    title: "Mona Simpson (escritora)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Simpson"
    title: "Mona Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мона Симпсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Simpson_(f%C3%B6rfattare)"
    title: "Mona Simpson (författare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238331"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1192747"
    title: "Mona Simpson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump