Kristin Hunter

Kristin Elaine Hunter (b. September 12, 1931) is an African American writer from Pennsylvania. She has sometimes written under the name Kristin Hunter Lattany.

Hunter was born Kristin Eggleston in Philadelphia, attended the University of Pennsylvania, and wrote for the "Pittsburgh Courier", a black newspaper, until 1952. Her first novel, "God Bless the Child", was published in 1964; like most of her work, it confronts complex issues of race and gender.

Books

*"God Bless the Child," 1964.
*"The Landlord," 1966.
*"The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou," 1968.
*"Guests in the Promised Land" (stories), 1973.
*"The Survivors," 1975.
*"The Lakestown Rebellion," 1978.
*"Lou in the Limelight," 1981.
*"Kinfolks," 1996.
*"Do Unto others," 2000.
*"The Scribe," 1998

References

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