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Maureen Aitken
@maureenaitken.bsky.social
Author of The Patron Saint of Lost Girls, winner of the Foreword Review INDIE Gold Prize, The Nilsen Prize; a Kirkus Star, and a Foreword Review Star. Stories in Missouri Review, Prairie Schooner, New Letters.
It's publication day for The Patron Saint of Lost Girls!
You can get your copy through my website or from your favorite
#bookseller
maureenaitken.com

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September 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Wayne State University Press (@WSUpress) will release a new edition of my collection, The Patron Saint of Lost Girls, this September.
Many thanks to the Wayne State University Press team for the new cover.
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June 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Many thanks to
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social and @mooncityreview.bsky.social for publishing my retelling of Hopper’s “Summer Evening.”
First of two pages below.
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May 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@mooncityreview.bsky.social is publishing one of my pieces in this beautiful issue!
February 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Congrats to @amymarques.bsky.social and all of the contributors for this beautiful anthology! The writing and art are so moving. 😊📖💥
December 10, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Wise words from The Great Shirley Jackson.
October 13, 2023 at 10:48 AM