Hudson's story collection Dear Mr. President was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by GQ, as well as a Best Book of the Year by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Village Voice, and a New & Noteworthy Paperback by The New York Times., New York Times | New & Noteworthy Paperbacks. It is considered to be "the first significant piece of Gulf-war fiction" according to Esquire., Esquire | Big Important Book of the Month.
