“I noticed, when I taught
elementary school, how true the squeaky wheel thing is, and how endearing
squeaky wheels can be! Because when you're being a squeaky wheel, you're also
really letting people know who you are.” – Aimee Bender
Born in California on June 28, 1969
Bender is known for her surreal stories and characters. She’s authored 6 books, led by her first collection
of short stories The Girl in the Flammable Skirt. Her numerous short stories have been published
in magazines and journals ranging from Harper's, McSweeney's and The
Paris to inclusion in a number of anthologies, and her story Faces was
a 2009 Shirley Jackson Award finalist for outstanding achievement in the
literature of psychological suspense.
Also the winner of two Pushcart
Prizes for her writing, her novels include The Particular Sadness of Lemon
Cake and her most recent, The Butterfly Lampshade.
“Novels are so much unrulier and
more stressful to write,” she said in comparing her writings of short stories . “A
short story can last two pages and then it's over, and that's kind of a relief.
I really like balancing the two.”
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