Keri Hulme (born March 9, 1947) is a New Zealand writer, best known for her debut (and to this point, only) novel, The bone people.

Hulme was born in Christchurch, in New Zealand's South Island, the eldest of six children. They are of English, Scottish, and Maori descent. She lives near Okarito, in Westland, New Zealand. Hulme has been the Patron of the Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand since 1996.

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