“Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer is perhaps the latest and most well known example, but more than sixty authors of books for young adults are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Award winning science fiction author Orson Scott Card is another Mormon author who has found success. Why are the young adult and fantasy literature genres so conducive to members of the Mormon faith? We speak with Chris Crowe, professor of English at Brigham Young University, and co-editor of the book “How I Came to Write: LDS Authors for Young Adults.”
Mormons and Young Adult Literature
WBUR Radio, April 29, 2009.
http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/04/rundown-429
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