Memoir Madness Photos: Author's photographs

The author as a baby (about 1 year old)

The author at her 4th birthday party

The author's first Communion (1959)

The author in a photo booth picture.

Note the Catholic school uniform and somber look.

Smiling was not considered to be cool.

Circa 1966 or 1967

The author's 1968 high school graduation photo

Taken August 1967

In front of Graumann's Chinese Theater

Hollywood, California

Summer 1968

After the Institution: Getting ready for a "Stop the War" rally.

York, Pennsylvania

Fall 1969

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.

Memoir Madness Photos

Jeff and Jennifer Photos

General Photographs: Jennifer Semple