Aimee Bender, author portrait
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Aimee Bender

Aimee Bender is the author of the novels The Color Master, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake—a New York Times bestseller, An Invisible Sign of My Own, and of the collections The Girl in the Flammable Skirt and Willful Creatures. Her works have been widely anthologized and have been translated into 16 languages. She lives in Los Angeles.
The Butterfly Lampshade
Dreaming in Polish
The Color Master
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Secret Society of Demolition Writers
Willful Creatures
An Invisible Sign of My Own
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt

Books

The Butterfly Lampshade
Dreaming in Polish
The Color Master
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Secret Society of Demolition Writers
Willful Creatures
An Invisible Sign of My Own
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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