| Summary: | Publisher and author Karen Hunter was born on April 24, 1966 in Orange, New Jersey. In 1987, she obtained her B.A. degree in English from Drew University. Two years later, she began working for the New York Daily News. As a member of the editorial board in 1999, she received the Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing for the paper's campaign to save the Apollo Theater. While working at the Daily News, Hunter started collaborating with many new authors, including LL Cool J and Queen Latifah. In 2010, she authored her own book, Stop Being Niggardly. She also held two academic posts. Hunter taught journalism at New York University before taking a position as professor at Hunter College for film and media studies. In 2007, she launched Karen Hunter Publishing as an imprint of Simon and Schuster Publishing. Four years later, she founded First One Digital Publishing as a separate business.
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