Lois Phillips Hudson

Lois Phillips Hudson (August 24, 1927 – December 24, 2010) was an American academic, editor, and novelist.

Born to Carl Wayne Phillips and Aline (née Runner) Phillips; It was published in a generally unedited form in March 2014 by Foreverland Press. The second work, a novel about the early history of California, The Kindly Fruits of the Earth, is currently under review for possible publication. Additionally, Hudson published a multitude of short stories in a number of publications both nationally (Harper's, The New Yorker, The Reporter) and regionally/locally in Washington (Puget Soundings, a magazine published by the Junior League of Seattle).

Hudson was an active environmentalist, who, in addition to publishing many articles on the subject, performed service as a salmon watcher on the Sammamish River. She also wrote extensively on the changes that took place in her chosen home city of Redmond over a 65-year period; a topic she was invited to speak about to the Redmond Historical Society.

Life

1927, August 24, born Jamestown, North Dakota to Carl and Aline Runner Phillips; the eldest of three girls. 1935, Phillips' family migrates from North Dakota to Washington. 1945, first editor of the Redmond Recorder at age 18. 1949, B.A., University of Puget Sound. 1951-53 taught high school, Ithaca, New York. 1952, married Randolph Hudson. 1954, moved to Menlo Park, California; Randolph entered PHD program in English at Stanford. 1955, birth of daughter Laura. 1956, birth of daughter Lucy, for whom the character of Lucy in The Bones of Plenty is named. 1957, published first short story. 1957, published Reapers of the Dust, A Prairie Chronicle

Awards Friends of American Writers First Prize

Works Books (reprint Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1984, ) (reprint Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1984, ) Unrestorable Habitat: Microsoft Is My Neighbor Now. Foreverland Press, 2014.

Short Stories

The King's Birthday, published in The Reporter, December 24, 1959. Gopher Hunting, published in The Reporter, August 4, 1960. Green Hay, published in The Reporter, July 5, 1962. Where the Fields are Fresh and Green, published in The Reporter, January 16, 1964.

Other The Dust Storm, published in The Reporter, April 4, 1957. The Cold Wave, published in The Reporter, February 6, 1958. Children of the Harvest, published in The Reporter, October 16, 1958. The Water Witch, published in The Reporter, July 23, 1959. Work for the Night is Coming, published in The Reporter, January 17, 1963. Epitaph for a Lion, published in the Teacher Edition of Literary Cavalcade, February, 1963. Springtime in the Rockies, published in The Reporter, February 11, 1965. Four-Lane Menace To California's Redwoods, published in The Reporter, August 12, 1965.

Criticism "Review: Big Rock Candy Mountain, Wallace Stegner" South Dakota Review 9 (Spring 1971), p. 3-13.