What makes someone a Mormon author? What influences them? Can a Mormon produce great writing and remain faithful to the Church? What makes good writing? Faithful writing? And how do you produce that writing?

This groundbreaking collection includes interviews with twenty-eight authors who discuss these and other questions. Along the way, they give fascinating insight not only into what it takes to be an author but also into the challenges of examining life through faith and of examining the life of faith through literature.

These writers' viewpoints are varied. They often celebrate their faith but sometimes criticize the culture that has sprung up around that faith. But regardless of their viewpoint, their thoughts are though-provoking and sometimes even controversial.

Given the breadth of experience of these authors and their impact on the Mormon experience, this is a must-read for anyone interested in Mormon literature or in the growing and changing Mormon culture.

Includes interviews with:

• Mary Clyde
• Richard Dutcher
• Paul Edwards
• Eugene England
• Brian Evenson
• John Fulton
• Jack Harrell
• Susan Elizabeth Howe
• Dean Hughes
• Robert Kirby
• Neil LaBute
• John Moyer
• Rachel Ann Nunes
• Carol lynn Pearson
• Anne Perry
• Levi Peterson
• Jana Riess
• Eric Samuelsen
• Robert Farrell Smith
• Darrell Spencer
• Anita Stansfield
• Douglas Thayer
• Brady Udall
• Robert Van Wagoner
• Rick Walton
• Terry Tempest Williams
• Dave Wolverton
• Margaret Young