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Lindsay Hunter received her MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She co-founded and co-hosted the groundbreaking Quickies! reading series, an event that focused on flash fiction. Her first book, Daddy’s, a collection of flash fiction, was published in 2010 by featherproof books, a boutique press in Chicago. Her second collection, DON’T KISS ME, was published by FSG Originals in 2013 and was named one of Amazon’s 10 Best Books of the Year: Short Stories. Her first novel, Ugly Girls, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in November 2014. The Huffington Post called it “a story that hits a note that’s been missing from the chorus of existing feminist literature.” Her latest novel, Eat Only When You’re Hungry, wa ...more

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	Hot Springs Drive 3.49 avg rating — 2,841 ratings — published 2023 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ugly Girls 3.19 avg rating — 2,532 ratings — published 2014 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eat Only When You're Hungry 3.23 avg rating — 2,286 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Kiss Me: Stories 3.66 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daddy's 4.11 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Things You Should Know About Peggy Paula by Lindsay Hunter (Goodreads Author), Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty by Lindsay Hunter (Goodreads Author), Nathan Holic (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lindsay Hunter and 135 other people liked Glenn Sumi's review of Happy All the Time: A Novel: "This is the fourth book I’ve read by the wonderful writer Laurie Colwin, who died tragically young – she was only 48 years old – in 1992. Her work, although a little dated, deserves to be discovered by a new generation. I see I’ve rated all of her boo" Read more of this review »
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Lindsay Hunter and 17 other people liked Claire Fuller's review of The Infamous Gilberts: "My lovely, funny, frustrating father died in last March, and I've been clearing his flat. One thing I brought home to put on my own wall was a family tree. There is dust along the top of the frame that has been there for years and I cannot bear to wi" Read more of this review »
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“We prayed the moon would unstopper long enough to suck us through to the other side so we could see how dull the stars were at their backsides.”
― Lindsay Hunter, Daddy's

tags: magical-realism, perception, reality-sucks

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“Me wondering why they don't say nothing about a kiss being salty as a tear.”
― Lindsay Hunter, Don't Kiss Me: Stories

tags: sad-love

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“Did you know there are two kinds of people in this world? Those who forgive their parents, and those who don't.”
― Lindsay Hunter, Eat Only When You're Hungry

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