Date of birth: June 28, 1969
Website: http://www.flammableskirt.com/

Aimee Bender is the author of three books: The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (1998) which was a NY Times Notable Book, An Invisible Sign of My Own (2000) which was an L.A. Times pick of the year, and Willful Creatures (2005) which was nominated by The Believer as one of the best books of the year.

Her short fiction has been published in Granta, GQ, Harper's, Tin House, [McSweeney's][1], The Paris Review, and many more, as well as heard on PRI's This American Life and Selected Shorts. She's received two Pushcart prizes, and was nominated for the TipTree award in 2005.

She lives in Los Angeles, and teaches creative writing at USC. ([Source][2])


[1]: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/
[2]: http://flammableskirt.com

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