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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 — 2,851 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 — 2,533 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 — 2,287 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
	Oral Healthcare In Pregnancy & Infancy by Lindsay Hunter (Goodreads Author), Bruce Hunter it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 is currently reading The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fantasy	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 136 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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Lindsay Hunter rated a book it was amazing The Infamous Gilberts by Angela Tomaski	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 26 other people liked Kathleen's review of Man Overboard!: A Novel: "Easily the best novel about a guy falling off a cruise ship I've ever written."
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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

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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

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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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