Genevieve Hudson is the author of 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. Their second novel, Headfirst, is forthcoming with Roxane Gay Books. Hudson's work has appeared in Elle, Oprah Magazine, McSweeney’s, BOMB, Bookforum, and Electric Literature among other places. They have received fellowships from the Fulbright Program, MacDowell, Caldera Arts, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and the Vermont Studio Center.