Education

• B.A. Literature/Creative Writing, UCSD, 1991
• M.F.A. Fiction, University of California, Irvine, 1998



Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Interests: Contemporary fiction, surrealism, magical realism, experimental fiction, classic and new tellings of fairy tales, the short story, the novel, the short-short, the novella, the process of writing, the curious world of the writing workshop.



Publications




Book

• Bender, A. (2010). The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. New York, New York: Doubleday.
• Bender, A. M. (2005). Willful Creatures. New York: Doubleday.
• Bender, A. M. (2000). An Invisible Sign of my Own, Doubleday 2000.
• Bender, A. M. (1998). The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, Doubleday 1998.



Book Chapter

• Bender, A. (2011). Intro to 50th Edition of James and the Giant Peach. New York, NY: Penguin Books.



Short Story

• Bender, A. (2007). "Lemonade" in Tin House. (Rob Spillman, Ed.). Portland, Oregon. Tin House Magazine.
• Bender, A. M. (2007). "Interval" in Conjunctions. New York, NY. Conjunctions, at Bard College.



Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works

• opera libretto, Completed workshop for opera libretto and music (by composer John B Hedges) in Dec 06, at Curtis School of Music in Philadelphia, 2006-2007   
• Radio Story, Commissioned to do radio/science short story for "Studio 360" using Big Bang theories after a conversation with USC physicist Nicholas Warner, Spring 2011   



Honors and Awards

• Judge, story contest, Mid-American Review, 2006-2007   
• PEN West Mentor of the Year, for Emerging Writers Program, 2006-2007   
• Pushcart Prize, 2005-2006   



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