Rachel Simon (born 1959 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American author of both fiction and non-fiction. Her six books include the 2011 novel The Story of Beautiful Girl, and the 2002 memoir Riding the Bus with My Sister. Her work has been adapted for film, television, radio, and stage. Riding the Bus with My Sister, a memoir about a year Simon spent with her developmentally disabled sister Beth, was adapted as the 2005 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film Riding the Bus with My Sister, which starred Andie MacDowell as Simon and Rosie O'Donnell as Beth. The film was directed by Anjelica Huston. Bibliography Little Nightmares, Little Dreams (1990) () (short story collection) The Magic Touch (1994) () (novel) The Writer's Survival Guide (1997) () Riding the Bus with My Sister (2002) () Building A Home With My Husband: A Journey Through The Renovation of Love (2009) () Published in paperback in 2010 as The House On Teacher's Lane: A Memoir of Home, Healing, And Love's Hardest Questions () The Story Of Beautiful Girl (May 2011) () References External links RachelSimon.com Interview in the literary magazine Wild River Review Interview in Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry 1959 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American women novelists American women short story writers Bryn Mawr College alumni 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers American Book Award winners