Aimee Pokwatka

Aimee Pokwatka grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia. She studied anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and received her MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University. Her work has been published in Fairy Tale Review, Outlook Springs, Hunger Mountain, and elsewhere. Self-Portrait with Nothing is her first book. She lives in New York with her family.
Books by this author

The Parliament
The Birds meets The Princess Bride in this tale of friendship, responsibility, and the primal force of nature.
“Murder owls are extreme,” Jude said. “What’s more extreme than murder owls?”

Self-Portrait with Nothing
Orphan Black meets Fringe in a story that reminds us that living our best life sometimes means embracing the imperfect one we already have.
"Fraught and deeply moving...the work of a genuinely exciting new talent."...

Tordotcom Publishing 2022 Debut Sampler
Tordotcom Publishing is proud to present a sneak peek of its 2022 debut novel and novella authors.
In modern day Los Angeles, a shadowy faction led by the Governor of California develops the arcane art of combat linguistics,...