Faith Hunter

Hunter grew up in the Louisiana bayou 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.

Critical reception for Hunter's work has been positive,[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-451-46173-5 Fiction Review: Host] Publishers Weekly[http://www.booklistonline.com/Bloodring-Faith-Hunter/pid=1791988 Fiction Review: Bloodring] Booklist with Monsters and Critics praising Bloodring as "an entertaining, if a bit rough first volume in a promising new series".[https://archive.today/20130129045132/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/books/science_fiction_fantasy/reviews/article_1219038.php/Book_Review_Bloodring_by_Faith_Hunter Book Review: Bloodring by Faith Hunter] Monsters and Critics Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews also reviewed Bloodring,[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/faith-hunter/bloodring/ Fiction Review: Bloodring] Kirkus Reviews with Publishers Weekly praising the "strong, cliffhanger ending".[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-451-46108-7 Fiction Review: Bloodring] Publishers Weekly

• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gary |title=Death Warrant |publisher=Warner Books |year=1990 |isbn=9780446360135 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gary |title=Death Sentence |publisher=Warner Books |year=1992 |isbn=9780446360142 |author-mask=2}}

• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Ashes to Ashes |publisher=Trafalgar Square Publishing |year=1997 |isbn=0340638001 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Delayed Diagnosis |publisher=Mira Books |year=2001 |isbn=1551668033 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Prescribed Danger |publisher=Mira Books |year=2002 |isbn=1551669161 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Deadly Remedy |publisher=Mira Books |year=2003 |isbn=1551666693 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Grave Concerns |publisher=Mira Books |year=2004 |isbn=0778320065 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Sleep Softly |publisher=Mira Books |year=2008 |isbn=9780778324645 |author-mask=2}}

• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Betrayal |publisher=Pocket Star Books |year=1994 |isbn=0671891537 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=False Truths |publisher=Pocket Star Books |year=1995 |isbn=0671891545 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Law of the Wild |publisher=Trafalgar Square Publishing |year=1997 |isbn=0340638028 |author-mask=2}}

• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Shadow Valley |publisher=Mira Books |year=2004 |isbn=9780778321309 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Bloodstone |publisher=Mira Books |year=2005 |isbn=9780778322214 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Blackwater Secrets |publisher=Bella Rosa Books |year=2007 |isbn=9781933523026 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=Rapid Descent |publisher=Mira Books |year=2009 |isbn=9780778326212 |author-mask=2}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Gwen |title=His Blood Like Tears |publisher=Bella Rosa Books |year=2012 |isbn=9781933523422 |author-mask=2}}

• "Whitewater Evolution: A Novelist's Route from Phobia to Obsession", American Whitewater, March/April 2009, page 60-61

1. {{Cite book |last= |title=Bloodring |publisher=Roc |year=2006 |isbn=978-0451461087}}
2. {{Cite book |last= |title=Seraphs |publisher=Roc |year=2007 |isbn=978-0451461476}}
3. {{Cite book |last= |title=Host |publisher=Roc |year=2007 |isbn=978-0451461735}}
4. {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Faith |title=Rogue Mage Anthology Book 1: Trials |collaboration=et al |publisher=Lore Seekers Press |year=2016 |isbn= |editor-last=Hunter |editor-first=Faith |asin=B01N43OZ6C |editor-last2=Jones |editor-first2=Spike}}
5. {{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Faith |title=Rogue Mage Anthology Book 2: Tribulations |collaboration=et al |publisher=Lore Seekers Press |year=2016 |isbn= |editor-last=Hunter |editor-first=Faith |asin=B01N2UTGCF |editor-last2=Jones |editor-first2=Spike}}

These are in chronological order to match the timeline of the books.

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|1.5

|"First Sight"

|Blood in Her Veins

|Bruiser

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|2

|Blood Cross

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|Jan 5, 2010

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-451-46307-4|}}

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|3

|Mercy Blade

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|Jan 4, 2011

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-451-46372-2|}}

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|3.5

|"Blood, Fangs and Going Furry"

|Blood in Her Veins

|Rick

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|3.75

|"Dance Master"

|Blood in Her Veins

|Bruiser

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|4

|Raven Cursed

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|Jan 3, 2012

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-451-46433-0|}}

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|4.25

|"Cajun With Fangs"

|Blood in Her Veins

|Jane

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|4.5

|"Golden Delicious"

|An Apple for a Creature{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13543159-an-apple-for-the-creature|title=An Apple for a Creature|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

Blood in Her Veins

|Rick

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|4.75

|"Easy Pickings"{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Pickings-Walker-Papers-Murphy-ebook/dp/B00AFNW7BC|title=Easy Pickings|last=|first=|date=29 November 2012|publisher=Bella Rosa Books |archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

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|Crossover Novella

Jane

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|Nov 2012

|Bella Rosa Books

|{{ASIN|B00AFNW7BC}}

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|5

|Death's Rival

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|Oct 2, 2012

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-451-46485-9|}}

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|5.5

|"George Meets Beast"{{Cite web|url=http://mindymymudes.weebly.com/blog/george-meets-beast-by-faith-hunter-and-mindy-mymudes|title=George Meets Beast|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

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|Mud Mymudes

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|2015

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|6

|Blood Trade

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|Apr 2, 2013

|ROC

|{{ISBN|9780451465061|}}

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|6.25

|"The Devil’s Left Boot"

|Kicking It

Blood in Her Veins

|Everhart Twins

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|2013

2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-451-41900-2}}

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|6.5

|"Beneath a Bloody Moon"

|Blood in Her Veins

|Jane

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|6.75

|"Black Water"

|Blood in Her Veins

|Jane

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|7

|Black Arts

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|Jan 7, 2014

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0451465245|}}

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|7.25

|"Off the Grid"

|Blood in Her Veins

|Soulwood intro novella

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|7.5

|"Shiloh and the Brick"

|published online on multiple websites,

Part [http://www.ismellsheep.com/2016/01/spotlight-blood-in-her-veins-nineteen.html one], Part [http://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/2016/01/author-override-faith-hunter-3.html two], Part [http://vampirebookclub.net/read-faith-hunters-shiloh-and-the-brick/ three],

Part [https://thereadingaddict-elf.blogspot.com/2016/02/blood-in-her-veins-by-faith-hunter.html four], Part [https://web.archive.org/web/20160211065802/https://slipperywords.com/2016/02/faith-hunters-blood-in-her-veins-part-5/ five], Part [https://web.archive.org/web/20160208193018/http://www.faithhunter.net/wp/2016/02/06/shiloh-and-the-brick-part-six/ six]

|Jane

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|8

|Broken Soul

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|Oct 7, 2014

|ROC

|{{ISBN|9780451465955|}}

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|8.5

|"Not All is as it Seems"

|Blood in Her Veins

|Molly

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|9

|Dark Heir

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|Apr 7, 2015

|ROC

|{{ISBN|9780451465962|}}

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|9.1

|"Blood of the Earth"

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|Soulwood Series

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|Aug 2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0451473301}}

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|9.2

|"How Occam Got His Name"

|published online at [https://beasbooknook.blogspot.com/2017/11/jax-and-steph-review-flame-in-dark-by.html Bea's Book Nook]

|Occam

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|9.3

|"Cat Fight"

|Blood in Her Veins

|Jane

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|9.4

|"Bound No More"

|Blood in Her Veins

|Jane

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|2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0-698-19698-8}}

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|9.5

|"Candy from a Vampire"

|was available on website now only in Of Claws and Fangs: Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock and Soulwood

|Leo

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|2022

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|ISBN 13978-0593334348

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|9.6

|"It’s Just a Date"

|published online at [http://www.faithhunter.net/wp/2018/03/10/its-just-a-date-free-short-story-from-jane-yellowrock-world/ Faith's website]

|Jane

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|10

|Shadow Rites

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|Apr 5, 2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|9780451465979|}}

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|10.1

|"Curse on the Land"

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|Soulwood Series

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|Nov 2016

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0451473325}}

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|10.25

|"Anzu, Duba, Beast"

|Were{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JK2QIJK/|title=Were|last=|first=|date=15 September 2016|publisher=Zombies Need Brains LLC |archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

|Jane

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|2016

|Zombies Need Brains

|{{ISBN|1940709105 }}.

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|10.5

|"She Bitch"

|The Monster Hunter Files{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Hunter-Files-Hunters-International-ebook/dp/B0751KQFL4/|title=Monster Hunter Files|last=|first=|date=3 October 2017|publisher=Baen Books |archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

|Jane

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|2016

|Baen Books

|{{ISBN|978-1-4814-8275-2}}

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|11

|Cold Reign

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|May 2, 2017

|Ace

|{{ISBN|978-1101991404|}}

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|11.1

|"Flame in the Dark"

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|Soulwood Series

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|Dec 2017

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0451473332}}

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|11.25

|"Black Friday Shopping"

|published online at [http://www.faithhunter.net/wp/2018/05/07/black-friday-shopping Faith's website]

|Nell

Occam

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|May 2017

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|11.5

|"Death and the Fashionista"

|The Death of All Things{{Cite book|title=Death of All Things|date=30 August 2017|isbn=978-1940709161|last1=Bodard|first1=Aliette de|last2=McKenna|first2=Juliet E.|last3=Blackmoore|first3=Stephen|publisher=Zombies Need Brains LLC }}

|Molly

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|Aug 2017

|Zombies Need Brains

|{{ISBN| 978-1940709161}}

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|11.75

|"My Dark Knight"

|Temporally Deactivated{{Cite book|title=Temporally Deactivated|date=28 April 2019|isbn=978-1940709246|last1=Jackson|first1=D. B.|last2=Leigh|first2=Stephen|last3=Koch|first3=Gini|publisher=Zombies Need Brains LLC }}

|Everhart-Truebloods

Edmond

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|Jun 2019

|Zombies Need Brains

|{{ISBN|978-1940709246}}

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|12

|Dark Queen

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|May 1, 2018

|Ace

|{{ISBN|978-1101991428|}}

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|13

|Shattered Bonds

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|Oct 29, 2019

|Ace

|{{ISBN|978-0399587986|}}

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|13.25

|"Circle of the Moon"

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|Soulwood Series

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|Feb 2019

|ROC

|{{ISBN|978-0399587948}}

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|13.50

|"Bound into Darkness"

|Dirty Deeds{{Cite book|title=Dirty Deeds|date=12 January 2021|isbn=978-1649640109|last1=Blain|first1=R. J.|last2=Hunter|first2=Faith|last3=Monk|first3=Devon|publisher=Pen & Page }}

|Liz, Eli

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|January 12, 2021

|Pen & Page Publishing

|{{ISBN|1649640102}}

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||13.51

|"The Ties That Bind"

|Dirty Deeds

|Bedelia, Lincoln

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|January 12, 2021

|Pen & Page Publishing

|{{ISBN|1649640102}}

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||13.52

|"Liz and Eli Sitting"

|Dirty Deeds 2{{cite book|title=Dirty Deeds 2|date=7 June 2022|isbn=9781649640758|last1=Hunter|first1=Faith|last2=Francis|first2=Diana Pharaoh|last3=Monk|first3=Devon|last4=Blain|first4=R.J.|last5=Estep|first5=Jennifer|publisher=Pen & Page }}

|Liz, Eli

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|January 7, 2022

|Pen & Page Publishing

|{{ISBN|1649640757}}

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||14

|True Dead

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|September 2021

|Ace

|{{ISBN|9780451488749}}

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||15

|Final Heir

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|September 2022

|Ace

|{{ISBN|9780593335826}}

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1. {{Cite book |last= |title=Blood of the Earth |publisher=Roc |year=2016 |isbn=978-0451473301}}
2. {{Cite book |last= |title=Curse on the Land |publisher=Roc |year=2016 |isbn=978-0451473325}}
3. {{Cite book |last= |title=Flame in the Dark |publisher=Roc |year=2017 |isbn=978-0451473332}}
4. {{Cite book |last= |title=Circle of the Moon |publisher=Roc |year=2019 |isbn=978-0399587948}}
5. {{Cite book |last= |title=Spells for the Dead |publisher=Ace |year=2020 |isbn=978-0399587962}}

1. Magic School for Geezers, June 7, 2022, Dirty Deeds 2, {{ISBN|1649640757}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090331175154/http://www.crossedgenres.com/content/001_nonfiction_1.htm "Common Misconceptions About Writers"], Crossed Genres, Issue 1.

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• Urban Fantasy
• List of fantasy authors
• List of fantasy novels
• List of thriller writers

{{Reflist}}

• {{official website|name=Faith Hunter's homepage}}
• [http://www.gwenhunter.com Gwen Hunter's homepage]
• [http://www.yellowrocksecurities.com Yellowrock Securities] - website for fictional character Jane Yellowrock
• [http://magicalwords.net/ Magical Words] — Writing blog of Faith Hunter, David B. Coe, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund R. Schubert
• {{isfdb name|id=Faith_Hunter|name=Faith Hunter}}

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