‘Anywhere But Here’ author, Mona Simpson, is Steve Jobs biological sister

Once the news about Steve Jobs’ death spread around the world, all sorts of information about his professional and personal life suddenly came to surface. An example is his biological sister, Mona Simpson, author of ‘Anywhere but Here’, who was not put for adoption by their biological parents. Simpson is a well-known writer in the United States and, after the siblings met, traits of the character in ‘A Regular Guy’ are not just coincidences with Jobs’ own personality.

Manageable Encounter

The opportunity for an encounter between the biological siblings came when he was 27. Even though it took a considerable amount of time until that came to happen, the pair managed to sustain a close relationship from that moment on. His desire to meet his sister was not enough for doing the same with his biological father, Abdulfattah “John” Jandali, who said more than once that would like to meet Jobs.

The novel in which a character is supposedly representing her brother, ‘A Regular Guy’, begins with the first sentence “he was a man too busy to flush toilets.” The man’s name is Thomas Rudolf Owens, who ended up fired from his own company after hiring someone as good as him to work together. This most definitely rings a bell when thinking about Jobs’ history at Apple.

Family History

When Steve Jobs was conceived, his parents were not married, but ended up doing so about ten months after his birth. During his famous speech at Stanford University in 2005, Jobs remembers how his mother made sure that the couple who adopted him would have to compromise sending him to university. However, Jobs never ended up completing his education, but he believes that was one of the best decisions of his life.

Once their parents decided to stay together, Simpson was born on June 14, 1957. It is not hard to notice that her surname is different from her father’s. That is so because she chose to keep her stepfather’s family name, as their mother, Joanne Schieble, remarried. Simpson’s first book was dedicated for her mother and her brother, but no reference was made to their father.