Technology | Steve Jobs 7 Obscure Facts About Steve Jobs He has a novelist sister, for one By John Johnson Posted Oct 8, 2011 1:00 PM CDT Copied Steve Jobs stands in front of an old photo of himself and Steve Wozniak at work. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file) The Week culls Steve Jobs coverage to present seven little-known facts about him, including: Famous sister: His biological sister is novelist Mona Simpson, who once "painted a not-altogether-flattering picture of Jobs in her Silicon Valley novel, A Regular Guy." Still, Jobs called her one of his "best friends." Calligraphy: He dropped out of liberal Reed College in Portland, but he said a calligraphy course he took there influenced his Apple products. Acid trip: He tried LSD and called it "one of the two or three most important things he has done in his life." (This one is from the New York Times.) Famous date: He once dated folk singer Joan Baez. Click for the full list or here to see how he differed from Thomas Edison. Read These Next Trumps ends trade talks with Canada. Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. Report an error