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; she was the eldest of three daughters born to the couple. Aline Runner was a teacher with a degree in chemistry, but left the field to become a farm wife when she married Carl, who was a largely self-educated man. The Phillips family lived and farmed outside Cleveland, North Dakota until, ruined by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, they were forced to migrate to Washington State in 1935. On their journey, they spent several months as migrant workers moving from location to location, following the crops' picking seasons for available work. During this time, the sisters' education was not taken seriously by the schools i