Aimee Bender is the author of two novels, An Invisible Sign of My Own and the New York Times bestseller, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, and two collections The Girl in the Flammable Skirt and Willful Creatures. Her work has been widely anthologised and has been translated into ten languages. She lives in Los Angeles. Read more about Aimee Bender and her work at www.flammableskirt.com

"I am a long-standing passionate fan of Aimee Bender's stories. Her images explode, her words ignite." -- Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones "Contemporary fairy tales ... and a deep tenderness for her characters, that aren't always as dark or as sinister as they initially appear." The New York Times Book Review "To curl up with an Aimee Bender story is to thank heaven you ever learned to read in the first place." Entertainment Weekly "New, exciting, harsh, rugged and unyielding ... Every sentence ... is a fresh surprise." The Washington Post "[Bender] is Hemingway on an acid trip; her choices are twisted, both ethereal and surprisingly weighty ... Terrifyingly lovely." Los Angeles Times