Complex sentence: Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Hunter grew up in Evanston, Illinois as one of 10 children to Charles Francis Hunter, a Northwestern University speech professor, and Virginia Ricker Hunter, a writer of children's books.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Hunter grew up in Evanston, Illinois as one of 10 children. Accessed February 20,2011 His mother was Virginia Ricker Hunter, a writer of children's books.