Bethany Hudson
Writer - Actor - Scholar
ABOUT
Bethany Hudson is a novelist, poet, and scholar based in Rochester, NY. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics from the University of Washington, Bothell, and a BFA in Acting from the University of Southern California. She is currently 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
A quietly subversive secretary questions the value of her life’s work in light of the sudden death of her employer and best friend of 42 years, the eccentric founder of Eastman Kodak.
“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?
