Jennifer A. Hudson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A finalist for both the 2015 Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award for her short story “Fetch" and for the 2009 Rita Dove Poetry Award for her poem “Golden Malice,” Hudson’s work has appeared in several literary magazines and journals including STORGY Magazine, Colere, The Helix,  Meat for Tea,  Art Times, The Broken Plate, Dark Lady Poetry, lifeblood, and The Second Genesis: An Anthology of Contemporary World Poetry .