Gwendolyn Faith Hunter is an American
author
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and
blog
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ger, writing in the
fantasy
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and
thriller
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genres. She writes as Faith Hunter in the fantasy genre, and as Gwen Hunter in the thriller genre.
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Herald She also has collaborated on thrillers with Gary Leveille, jointly using the name Gary Hunter. Hunter is one of the founding members of MagicalWords.net, a writer assistance blog, and has developed a role-playing game based on her ''
Rogue Mage'' series.
Biography
Hunter grew up in the Louisiana
bayou
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country and began writing during high school. She graduated from college with a degree in
Allied Health Technology and used to work full-time in a rural hospital.
She resides in South Carolina with her husband, Rod Hunter.
Reception
Critical reception for Hunter's work has been positive, with Monsters and Critics praising ''Bloodring'' as "an entertaining, if a bit rough first volume in a promising new series". ''
Publishers Weekly
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'' and ''
Kirkus Reviews
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'' also reviewed ''Bloodring'', with ''Publishers Weekly'' praising the "strong, cliffhanger ending".
Fiction Review: Bloodring
Publishers Weekly
Bibliography
as Gary Hunter
''Garrick Travis'' series
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as Gwen Hunter
''Rhea Lynch, M.D.'' series
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''DeLande Saga'' series
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Nonfiction
*"Whitewater Evolution: A Novelist's Route from Phobia to Obsession", ''American Whitewater'', March/April 2009, page 60-61
as Faith Hunter
''Rogue Mage series''
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''Jane Yellowrock'' series
These are in chronological order to match the timeline of the books.
''Soulwood'' series
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Unrelated
#''Magic School for Geezers'', June 7, 2022, Dirty Deeds 2,
Nonfiction
''Crossed Genres'', Issue 1.
See also
*Urban Fantasy
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*List of fantasy authors
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*List of fantasy novels
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* List of thriller writers
References
External links
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Gwen Hunter's homepage
Yellowrock Securities
- website for fictional character Jane Yellowrock
Magical Words
— Writing blog of Faith Hunter, David B. Coe, Misty Massey
Misty Massey (born 1970) is an American fantasy author. Her first novel, ''Mad Kestrel'' (), was published in 2008 by Tor Books. It was given a three-star rating by ''Romantic Times''. Massey has also published short stories in magazines.
Masse ...
, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund R. Schubert
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20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American fantasy writers
American women short story writers
Hunter, Gwen
American women novelists
Living people
Novelists from Louisiana
Role-playing game writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Novelists from South Carolina
Urban fantasy writers
American women science fiction and fantasy writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
American women thriller writers
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American short story writers