Genevieve Hudson

Genevieve Hudson is the author of three books including Boys of Alabama, which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and shortlisted for the Stonewall Book Award, and the story collection Pretend We Live Here, which was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her second novel Headfirst will be published in January 2027 with Roxane Gay Books.

Hudson's work has appeared in Elle, Oprah Magazine, McSweeney’s, BOMB, Bookforum, Lit Hub, Electric Literature, and elsewhere. She was the recipient of a Creative & Performing Arts Fulbright to Amsterdam and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from MacDowell, Ucross Foundation, and elsewhere.