Bethany Hudson is a novelist, poet, and first year MFA candidate in Creative Writing & Poetics at the University of Washington Bothell. Originally from Rochester, NY, she is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where she received her BFA in Acting. Bethany is currently working on a second chance romance, The Restoration of Heart Island, set in the Thousand Islands, where she spent her childhood summers. She lives in Seattle with her husband, their six kids, and two very dog-like cats.