Bethany Hudson
Author - Poet - Actress
ABOUT
Bethany Hudson is a novelist, poet, and actress based in Rochester, NY. She holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Southern California and an MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics from the University of Washington, Bothell. She is working on Everywhere the Light Touches, a fictionalized biopic, which formed the basis of her Masters’ thesis.
What’s your book about?
The Murder Ballad of Mary Phagan
Thirteen-year-old murder victim Mary Phagan returns to haunt Jim Crow-era Atlanta in order to spare an innocent man and punish a guilty one.
Everywhere the Light Touches
Grieving the loss of her best friend and employer of 42 years, a quietly subversive secretary questions the value of their shared life’s work in light of the private battles they fought.
“In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.”
— Kazuo Ishiguro
Bethany is revising THE MURDER BALLAD OF MARY PHAGAN, an imagining of the infamous 1913 murder case from the point of view of the young victim. She is drafting EVERYWHERE THE LIGHT TOUCHES, a fictionalized biopic of pioneering 20th century businesswoman, Alice K. Whitney Hutchison. Upon completion, Bethany will be seeking representation for both works.
What are you working on?
