Harlin Quist (died May 13, 2000, age 69) born Harlin Bloomquist was a publisher noted for innovative children's books. Harlin was born and raised in Virginia, Minnesota, attended Carnegie Tech and began his career in 1958 as an off-Broadway actor and producer. His 1959 production of Chekhov's Ivanov won four Obie awards. He also worked at Crowell-Collier and Dell Publishing until striking out on his own in 1965. In the 1980s he returned to theater and rehabilitated the NorShor Theatre, an Art Deco movie theater in Duluth, Minnesota.