The Story until Now

Kit Reed was born Lillian Craig in San Diego, California on June 7, 1932. She received a bachelor's degree from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 1954. In the 1950's, she worked as a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times and for the New Haven Register. She was an author who wrote novels and stories in various genres for children, teens, and adults.

Her short story collections included Mister Da V. and Other Stories; The Revenge of the Senior Citizens; Thief of Lives; Weird Women, Wired Women; Dogs of Truth; What Wolves Know; and The Story Until Now. Her books included Armed Camps, Fort Privilege, @Expectations, Bronze, The Baby Merchant, The Night Children, Son of Destruction, Where, and Mormama. She also wrote several novels under the pen name Kit Craig and a horror novel, Blood Fever, under the pen name Shelley Hyde. She died several months after being diagnosed with a brain tumor on September 24, 2017 at the age of 85.

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