James Dashner James was born and raised in Georgia, but now resides in Utah. He will always be a southerner, and Braves fan, and Falcons fan, and Hawks fan, and Bulldogs fan at heart.He attended BYU, studied accounting, and fulfilled his lifetime goal of being a true...
Tanja Crouch Following 15 years working in the music business including, most notably, stints as an agent for Vince Gill, Randy Travis and other artists, and 5 years as vice president of Barbara Orbison Productions, working with the masters, publishing and...
Ina Coolbrith In 1851 a the age of ten, Ina traveled to California with her mother and step father, William Pickett. Her first poems were published when she was only 12. At the age of 17, her infant son died tragically and her marriage dissolved. In 1906, she lost...
Shawn Childers Shawn B. Childers was born in Kentucky, the second son of convert parents. He was born a few years after his parents and older brother were sealed in the Mesa Arizona temple but he and a younger sister were “born in the covenant”. He...
Nobody had ever won the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel two years in a row, until Orson Scott Card received them for Ender’s Game and its sequel, Speaker for the Dead, in 1986 and 1987. Perhaps Card’s most innovative work is his American fantasy series The Tales...
John Bytheway John Bytheway was born and raised in Salt Lake City, and he served his mission in the Philippines. Following his mission, he attended the University of Utah, and later graduated from BYU. John is a part-time instructor at BYU, where he teaches the Book...
