Born: 08/18/1944   St. Louis
Parents: Karl Henry and Helen Hoffman
Spouse: Don Hunt
Children: Sam
Address(es):
Permanent :
506 Linnden Avenue
Albion , MI 49224
USA
Contact Information:
Phone : 517-629-4494
Website : www.huntsguides.com
Email : [email protected]

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, 2nd ed - with Don Hunt	Michigan , Travel	Adult	Albion, Mich. : Midwestern Guides	2001
	Getaways on the Upper Mississippi - with Don Hunt	Travel	Adult	Albion, Mich. : Midwestern Guides	1992
	Michigan Fresh : a food-lover's guide to growers & bakeries - with Don Hunt	Michigan	Adult	Albion, Mich. : Midwestern Guides	1992
	Hunts' Highlights of Michigan - with Don Hunt (Publication Years: 1991, 1994, 1996)	Michigan , Travel	Adult	Albion, MI Midwestern Guides	1991
	Hunts' Guide to Southwest Michigan - with Don Hunt	Michigan , Travel	Adult	Albion, Mich. : Midwestern Guides	1990
	Hunts' Guide to West Michigan - with Don Hunt (Publication Years: 1990, 1993)	Michigan , Travel	Adult	Albion, Mich. : Midwestern Guides	1990 -1993

What is the aim or goal of your writing: First, I come from a family of workaholics, for better and for worse. My father was an engineer and textile plant manager, and my mother sold real estate. Working hard is a good quality for starting a business. My dad respected all the little unglamorous details of work, and I turned out a lot like him, to my surprise. In publishing, if you can't reach readers by getting on newsstands or bookstore shelves, it doesn't matter how good your stuff is. Then you have to get people to read your stuff, which depends on clear editing and good layout. I learned most about writing from two outstanding high school English teachers and from my friends on the school paper staff. Suburbs like Webster (akin to Birmingham or East Grand Rapids in Michigan) are in many ways rootless places - stops on the corporate ladder for parents and launch pads for kids to go off to "good" colleges and to careers far and wide. With me, at a certain point, I became more intersted in going BACK, not onward and upward. I started piecing together the worlds of my grandparents and great-grandparents, who included an immigrant tailor, farmers, a foundry worker, and a coal merchant. Through none lived in Michigan, aspects of their backgrounds are all around us here. I feel that in Michigan, if we understand our families and neighbors (taking a large view of who our neighbors are, to include people in the cities and counties around us), we'll soon connect up with people halfway around the world. That's one of the great things about our state: its social variety.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

I do book signings and will accept letters.

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: Yes

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Annie Award from the Washtenaw Council for the Arts	1992

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