Memoir Madness Photos: Chapter 7: Dee Dee--Angel Kisser

Letters from Harley Semple (Dee Dee) to Jennifer (the author) when she was 7

Dee Dee and the author, age 3

The author, age 7 (Winter 1958, in Hollywood)

About the same time Dee Dee wrote his Angel Kisser letters to her

Dee Dee gave the author the toy accordion, which was red and yellow

About the Author

Jennifer Semple Siegel is author of Are You EVER Going to be Thin? (and other stories).

She has taught Creative Writing and Literature at York College of Pennsylvania and Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje (Skopje, Macedonia).

Her fiction and non-fiction, including scholarly articles, have been published in various national and regional journals, magazines, and anthologies. From 1993-1996, she edited Onion River Review, a literary journal.

She earned her M.F.A. in fiction from Goddard College (Plainfield, Vermont).

In 2009, Semple Siegel served as a Fulbright Scholar in Skopje, Macedonia.

In addition to her teaching and own writing, her Fulbright project included helping to develop a new American Studies program at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University.

She currently lives in Pennsylvania with her husband Jerry.