Memoir Madness Photos: Chapter 26: Devils Dance in Me

Jennifer's mother, Jan Durrell (Mary Lou Semple)

Pulp Fiction: Devils Dance in Me (1963)

Author's Mother posing for Gala Magazine

Girls of GALA March 1969 Gallery #3

A softer side of the author's mother

Posing with her two boys

Circa 1967-1968

The older woman's identity is unknown

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.