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Maria Semple. Born. in Santa Monica, California, The United States. May 21, 1964. Website. http://www.mariasemple.com/. edit data. Maria Semple's first novel, This One is Mine, was set in Los Angeles, where she also wrote for television shows including Arrested Development, Mad About You, and Ellen. Semple was born in Santa Monica, California.
Maria Semple spent her early years traveling around Europe with her bohemian parents, but that ended abruptly when her father, Lorenzo Semple, Jr., finished a pilot for Batman while living in Torremolinos, Spain. He airmailed it in, they shot it, and the family moved to LA.
Aug 15, 2012 · Aug. 15, 2012. SEATTLE — Maria Semple made an instant, jarring discovery when she moved with her boyfriend and daughter from Los Angeles to Seattle, a city whose Patagonia-clad inhabitants like...
Maria Semple’s debut novel. A compassionate and wickedly funny satire about our need for more -- and the often disastrous choices we make in the name of happiness. SPLENDID…KEENLY-OBSERVED – Los Angeles Times. A DELIGHT – The Boston Globe. WICKEDLY-FUNNY – Book Reporter. WHIP-SMART…GIMLET-EYED – Kansas City Star. HUMS WITH SUSPENSE
Aug 14, 2012 · Maria Semple. 3.88. 573,708 ratings48,688 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best Humor (2012) Bernadette Fox has vanished. When her daughter Bee claims a family trip to Antarctica as a reward for perfect grades, Bernadette, a fiercely intelligent shut-in, throws herself into preparations for the trip.
May 23, 2013 · Maria Semple: By the Book. Share full article. May 23, 2013. The author of “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” calls Franzen her “big daddy” — “My favorite kind of book is a domestic drama ...
“Maria Semple dissects the gory complexities of familial dysfunction with a deft and tender hand. Where’d You Go, Bernadette is a triumph of social observation and black comedy by a skillful chronicler of moneyed malaise.” ―Patrick DeWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers
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