Gabe Hudson

**Gabriel George Hudson** (September 12, 1971 — November 23, 2023) was an American writer. His novel [*Gork, the Teenage Dragon*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gork,_the_Teenage_Dragon "Gork, the Teenage Dragon") was released by [Knopf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf "Alfred A. Knopf") on July 11, 2017.[ ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Hudson#cite_note-website-1)Hudson's first book of fiction, *Dear Mr. President* (Knopf, 2002), has been translated into seven languages, was a [PEN/Hemingway Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEN/Hemingway_Award "PEN/Hemingway Award") finalist, and received the Alfred Hodder Fellowship from [Princeton University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University "Princeton University"), and the [Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Kaufman_Prize_for_First_Fiction "Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction") from the [American Academy of Arts and Letters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters "American Academy of Arts and Letters").