Edith Fisher Hunter was a New England writer of children's novels. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1941, and from the Union Theological Seminary in 1944. She contributed to religious education and family magazines, as well as writing books on education, before publishing her first novel for children, Child of the Silent Night. Edith Fisher Hunter was a New England writer of children's novels. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1941, and from the Union Theological Seminary in 1944. She contributed to religious education and family magazines, as well as writing books on education, before publishing her first novel for children, Child of the Silent Night. ...more