Laura Lee Huttenbach

Laura Lee Huttenbach is an author and athlete from Atlanta, Georgia. In 2001, the Georgia House of Representatives honored her with a resolution. Georgia House Resolution 586 commended her for her athleticism, academics, and community service.[1]

Prior to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, she was nominated as a "community hero" and received the honor of carrying the Olympic Torch as it passed through the city of Atlanta. A list of Georgia runners was documented in Savannah Now.[2]

Career

Huttenbach's achievements as an athlete, including Georgia WIN Female Athlete of the year, Atlanta Journal/Constitution All-Area 9 Soccer Team, and Atlanta Journal/Constitution 10 All-Area Basketball Team earned her induction in the Riverwood High School Athletic Hall of Fame Inaugural Class.[3]

Following graduation from the University of Virginia, she traveled which led to her work as a writer. Her first publication was a chapter in the book The Best Travel Writing 2010: True Stories from Around the World.[4] While in Kenya, she met a 90 year old community leader who had a former life as a General in the Mau Mau rebellion. She later returned to Kenya to document his life,[5] which became The Boy is Gone: Conversations with a Mau Mau General[6] published by Ohio University Press.[7]

Her second book, Running with Raven: The Amazing Story of One Man, His Passion, and the Community He Inspired,[8][9] followed her move to South Beach. This book is about Robert Kraft, alias The Raven.

References

  1. ↑ "Georgia House Resolution 586" (PDF). www.legis.ga.gov. Georgia House of Representative. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "List of Georgians and South Carolinians Chosen to Run the Relay" (PDF). Savannah Morning News. 16 February 1996. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Riverwood Raiders Athletic Hall of Fame". Official Website of Riverwood Athletics. Riverwood High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ↑ O'Reilly, James; Habegger, Larry; O'Reilly, Sean (2010). The Best Travel Writing 2010 (First ed.). United States: Solas House, Inc. pp. 22–33. ISBN 978-1-932361-73-5.
  5. ↑ "MAZ :: Conversations With The General". www.miamiartzine.com. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  6. ↑ Huttenbach, Laura Lee (2015). The Boy is Gone: Conversations with a Mau Mau General (First ed.). United States: Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-89680-290-2.
  7. ↑ Bruce-Lockhart, Katherine (May 2016). "The Boy is Gone: conversations with a Mau Mau general by Laura Lee P. Huttenbach (review)". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 86 (2): 359. doi:10.1017/S0001972016000152.
  8. ↑ Huttenbach, Laura Lee (25 April 2017). Running with Raven: The Amazing Story of One Man, His Passion, and the Community He Inspired (First ed.). United States: Kensington Publishing Corp. ISBN 9780806538426.
  9. ↑ "Publishers Weekly Review". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
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