Aimee Bender is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters. A close friend of Alice Sebold (both graduated from the distinguished creative writing MFA program at UC Irvine), she also teaches creative writing at the University of Southern California. A native of Los Angeles, Bender is influenced by the French Surrealists and the Italian writer Italo Calvino.
Bibliography
- The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (1998)
- An Invisible Sign of My Own (2001)
- Willful Creatures (2005)
- The Flash (book)
External links
- Aimee Bender website
- UCI Profile
- Corporeal Reality radio conversation between Aimee Bender and Museum of Jurassic Technology curator David Wilson
