The Patron Saint of Lost Girls

Maureen Aitken is the author of The Patron Saint of Lost Girls, which was the recipient of the Nilsen Prize and a Foreword INDIES gold prize for general fiction and was ranked in the Kirkus Best Indie Books of 2019. Aitken’s short stories have appeared in numerous publications--including Intima, New Letters, and PenmenReview--and were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Aitken teaches writing at the University of Minnesota and previously taught at Hamline University.