Aimee Bender (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Aimee Bender is recognized as a unique writer of her time. Her wordplay and use of metaphors set her apart from her peers. Bender was born and raised in Santa Monica, California. Her father was a psychiatrist, and her mother was a dance teacher and choreographer. Her parents encouraged young Bender to explore her inner self at a very young age. She remembers her father helping her, as early as age nine, to realize the relationship between fear of an object (in one case, thunder) and anger. This insight allowed her to grasp the concept of metaphor, a device she excels at using in her...
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