Bowker Biography:
Margaret Parker Hudson

Born in 1953 and raised in Pleasantville, N.Y., Maggie Hudson moved west to Colorado in her mid-twenties where, at the University of Colorado in Denver and Boulder, she continued her studies in English literature, creative writing, and theatre. As a pre-med student, she worked as a medical librarian until she turned her attention to writing full-time. Before the births of her son, Arthur, and daughter, Leah (the model for Wally in The Blue Umbrella), she worked both as an administrator for the Denver International Film Festival, and as a production designer in local theatre.

As a stay-at-home, single mom, Maggie continued to be active in the community as a volunteer fire-fighter and EMT, later finding employment as an apprenticeship coordinator in an alternative, experiential learning public school, and recently in the floral and event design business.

Her long-standing interest in child development led Maggie to write and illustrate The Blue Umbrella, her first children's book inspired by her belief in the importance of "down time" for growing hearts and minds; indeed, for all of us harried by the hurry-up world that's evolved around us. Residing in the foothills outside of Denver, Maggie is delighted to live with the quiet companionship of coyote, bear, mountain lion, bison, elk and deer, in a unique self-governing mountain community committed to preserving its natural state and the open space surrounding it. In the rarefied peace of that place, she hopes to return to writing and illustrating books for both children and adults in the years to come.

 

 

Email: theblueumbrella@earthlink.net 
Address:  FayRe Press
513 Mount Evans Rd.
Golden, CO 80401
Phone:  (303) 526-7726