Lillian Halegua (also known by the pseudonym Lillian Hale) was an American writer. Her first published work appeared in 1958, a short story titled "We Are All Animals" in the journal ''

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''. In 1959, her debut novel '' The Pearl Bastard'' was released under the pseudonym Lillian Hale by the publisher

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. It was received positively by critics, the ''

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'' calling the book "a searing, stunning experience".NYT review
/ref> ''The Pearl Bastard'' proved to be her most successful book, and was reprinted several times in the following decades. It was published in Spanish translation in 1990. Halegua wrote a few more books, among them the 1970 novel ''The Hanging'', which was also translated into Spanish. She retrained as a librarian, and her literary career eventually tapered away.

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