Maria Semple spent fifteen years in Los Angeles as a television writer, working on hit shows including ELLEN, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, MAD ABOUT YOU and ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. Her second novel, WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE, was an international bestseller and was shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction and won the 2013 Melissa Nathan Award. Maria lives in Seattle.
As an award winning audiobook narrator, Penelope has voiced over 200 audiobooks and was nominated by Audible for Narrator of the Year. Favourite titles include: Gorilla's in the Mist, The Turn of the Screw, Homeland: Carrie's Run, Homeland:Saul's Game (based on the CBS television series), The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins by Irvin Welsh, The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes, Unseen by Karin Slaughter, Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson, Hattie B Magical Vet children's series, The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory and The After Wife by Cass Hunter.