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The Secret Society of Demolition Writers

The Secret Society of Demolition Writers( )
Author: Bender, Aimee
Parent, Marc
Connelly, Michael
Cheever, Benjamin
Junger, Sebastian
McCracken, Elizabeth
O'Donnell, Rosie
Offutt, Chris
Quindlen, Anna
Schwartz, John Burnham
Sebold, Alice
Slater, Lauren
Narrated by: Sklar, Alan
Archer, Ellen
ISBN:978-1-4001-7178-1
Publication Date:Sep 2005
Publisher:Tantor Media, Incorporated
Imprint:Tantor Audio
Book Format:Downloadable audio file
List Price:USD $16.99
Book Description:

What would you write if no one knew who you were? In the spirit of the demolition derby, where drivers take heedless risks with reckless abandon, welcome to the first convocation of the Secret Society of Demolition Writers. Here is a one-of-a-kind collection by famous authors writing anonymously-and dangerously. With the usual concerns about reputations and renowned cast aside, these twelve daredevils have each contributed an extreme, no-holds-barred unsigned story, each shining as...
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Author Biography
Bender, Aimee (Author)
As a child, Aimee Bender enjoyed reading fairy tales, particularly the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. She began creating her own stories, and later, as an elementary school teacher, she enjoyed telling her students both traditional fairy tales and stories she had made up herself. Eventually, she began writing short stories, which have been published in a variety of magazines, including Granta, GQ, Story, and The Antioch Review. Her first book, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, a collection of her stories, was published in 1998.

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.

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