The girl in the flammable skirt :stories
Main Author: | Bender, Aimee. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Anchor Books,
1999.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Item Description: |
Originally published by Doubleday 1998 |
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Physical Description: |
184 p. ; 21 cm. |
ISBN: |
0385492162 9780385492157 |
Author Notes: |
Bender's work is intended for adults rather than children, but many of her short stories could be described as contemporary fairy tales. Bender's stories often include some of the same elements that she enjoyed encountering in fairy tales, such as of magic, fantasy, surprise, humor, and absurdity. Although she has found success as a writer, Bender continues to teach because she enjoys the interaction with others and feels she needs that contact to balance the solitude that is required for her writing. In addition to teaching elementary school, she has taught in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program and in the writing program at the University of California at Irvine, where she received her M.F.A. Bender lives in Los Angeles. (Bowker Author Biography) |