Semple, BC '86, Pursues Plot in Novels and Life

“I would have been horrified to start out writing a Hollywood novel,” Maria Semple said.
Her statement comes as no surprise, given the fact that Semple spent 15 years writing for television upon her graduation from Barnard College in 1986. But just last month, her debut novel, This One is Mine, was published by Little, Brown and Company.

By Emma Jacobs | Jan 23 05:57 am ET