Bio

She has been called the 'genie of bizarre historical research' (1) and her fiction writing has been described as 'darkly poetic' (2)...

Marilyn A. Hudson has been a library professional in public, school, and academic libraries. Listed in the 1997 Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, she was the 2002 recipient of the OLA Outstanding New Librarian Award, and member of the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society, Golden Key, and Phi Kappa Phi.

Her general research interests are in history, especially social, religious, and church history; women’s studies; mythology, folklore and storytelling.

She started writing by authoring essays, articles, and editorials in a number of periodicals, serving as a constributing editor for two and as a newspaper stringer in Enid, Oklahoma.  Over the years she has been newsletter editor for several organizational newsletters.

She has presented workshops, speeches and shared stories to a diverse range of audiences she kept spellbound and engaged.

Hudson was lead writer and editor of the book, One Night Club and A Mule Barn: The First 60 Years of Southwestern Christian University and authored, Those Pesky Verses of Paul: Examining Women in the New Testament, Elephant Hips are Expensive, The Bones of Summer, The Mound, When Death Rode the Rails, Madame Delaine, Noel Brooks, The Windows of Wesley, Stories Stage Center and others.

Her fictional works include the upcoming novels, Foul Harvest and The Sword of Anath.

She received a B.A. in History and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Oklahoma.



Source 1: Doug Dawgz Blog     
Source 2:  Author Keith Pyeatt



Check out her storytelling work as well, Hudson Tells