COURTNEY HUNTER IS A WRITER FROM PHILADELPHIA. SHE HOLDS AN MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING & WRITING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FROM uNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, rIVERSIDE, WHERE SHE SPECIALIZED IN FICTION. SHE HAS LECTURED ON LINGUISTICS AT DREXEL UNIVERSITY AND HER WRITING HAS BEEN FEATURED ON DREAD CENTRAL AND PUBLISHED IN PRINT BY ROOT QUARTERLY.

SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HER SECOND BOOK, A CRIME NOVEL SET IN THE NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SHE GREW UP. WHEN SHE ISN’T EDITING OR WORKING IN HER ROLE AS A CONTRACT SPECIALIST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, SHE IS MOST LIKELY TELLING SOMEBODY THAT SHE IS COMPETING IN HYROX ON JUNE FIFTH.