Charlie Hudson

Off with her combats boots and on to writing best describes Charlie Hudson, born in Pine Bluff, Ark., and raised in Louisiana. She is a 22-year career military veteran and wife, freelance writer and author. After graduating from Northwestern State University in 1974, she entered the Army through a special program of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) - two years before the first women were commissioned through a test program in selected college Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs. Hudson...See more

Off with her combats boots and on to writing best describes Charlie Hudson, born in Pine Bluff, Ark., and raised in Louisiana. She is a 22-year career military veteran and wife, freelance writer and author. After graduating from Northwestern State University in 1974, she entered the Army through a special program of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) - two years before the first women were commissioned through a test program in selected college Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs. Hudson experienced a number of "firsts" during her career. She was the first female officer assigned in the history of the 19th Maintenance Battalion in Giessen, Germany; the first female selected to command a maintenance company at Ft. Campbell, Ky.; the first female ROTC instructor at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas; the first female to be designated as the executive officer to the commanding general at the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. and the first female to command the Leghorn Depot in Livorno, Italy. During her extensive military career Hudson was deployed to Saudi Arabia for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and to Haiti in support of Operation Uphold Democracy. She retired from the Army in 1995 as a lieutenant colonel. She and her husband, Hugh Hudson, a retired US Army Colonel, later relocated to South Florida where they can enjoy their love of scuba diving. Her scuba-themed novels, Shades of Murder, Shades of Truth, Shades of Gold, Deadly Doubloons, False Front, and Georgina's Grief, take fans underwater for adventure and mystery. Her cozy line, Small Town Lies and Small Town Haven, share the wonderful craft of quilting and the strong friendships among women in a small town. With a serious and emotionally intense non-fiction, Your Room at the End: Thoughts About Aging We Rather Avoid, she guides Baby Boomers through important issues. All of Hudson fiction and non-fiction can be found on her web site at ... where you can read the first chapter of each book for free. You can also enjoy her blog at, ... or follow her on Twitter @chudsonwrites. See less