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Joan Carol Holly (1932 – 1982) was a science fiction author who wrote under the pseudonym J. Hunter Holly in the late 1950s until the mid 1970's. Holly lived and wrote in Lansing, Michigan and from her various book dedications, had a strong love of cats.

The author's profile notes, in her 1961 paperback book 'Encounter', states that Joan Holly graduated from Michigan State University during 1954 with a B.A. in psychology. Her affiliations at the University were Phi Kappa, Tau Sigma & Psi Chi. She was the recipient of the Hinman superior student scholarship. Her first book, Encounter, was released in both hardback (1959) and paperback (1961). Other titles are:

• The Green Planet (1960, hardback) (1962, paperback)
• The Flying Eyes (1963)
• The Running Man (1963)
• The Gray Aliens (1963, hardback); paperback title 'The Grey Aliens'.
• The Time Twisters (1964)
• The Dark Enemy (1965) - (in hardback only)
• The Mind Traders (1967)
• The Dark Planet (1971)
• Keeper (1976)
• Death Dolls of Lyra (1977)
• Shepherd (1977)

Holly also contributed to the Man from UNCLE series of original novels, writing #10 - "The Assassination Affair".

Joan Holly also contributed stories for Roger Elwood's series of books and Sci-Fi magazines, under both her real name and her pseudonym. Some of these, 'The Chronicles of a Comer' in particular, have a religious theme.

This author page uses material from the Wikipedia article "J. Hunter Holly", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0