Aimee Parkison won the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize from Fiction Collective Two. She is the author of several books of fiction. Her work has won numerous awards and fellowships. Known for fusing experimental and revisionist takes on narrative with gothic grit, dark humor, horror, poetic style, and satire, Parkison writes to explore voices and characters, opening doors to unusual journeys through language.

Parkison lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and teaches creative writing at Oklahoma State University.