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Kristin Hunter

1931–2008

United States

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Kristin Elaine Hunter (née Eggleston; September 12, 1931 – November 14, 2008) was an African-American writer from Pennsylvania. She sometimes wrote under the name Kristin Hunter Lattany. She is best known for her first novel, God Bless the Child, published in 1964.

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