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Aimee Bender (born June 28, 1969) is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her surreal stories and characters. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards.
Her first book was The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, a collection of short stories, published in 1998. The book was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of 1998 and spent seven weeks on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. Her novel An Invisible Sign of My Own was published in 2000, and was named as a Los Angeles Times Pick of the Year. In 2005, she published another collection of short stories, Willful Creatures, which was nominated by The Believer magazine – owned by McSweeney's — as one of the Best Books of the Year. Her novella The Third Elevator was published in 2009 by Madras Press. Her novel The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake was published in 2010 by Doubleday.
Bender has received two , and was nominated for the Otherwise Award in 2005. Her short story, Faces was a 2009 Shirley Jackson Award finalist. In 2009, Bender became the sitting judge for the Flatmancrooked Writing Prize, a writing award from Flatmancrooked Publishing for new short fiction.
Bender's works have also been published in Granta, GQ, Harper's Magazine, Tin House, Opium Magazine, McSweeney's, The Paris Review, The Coffin Factory, and several anthologies. She has also been heard on This American Life and Selected Shorts. Aimee Bender's Website
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