John Bennion

A native of the Utah desert, John Bennion writes personal and historical essays and fiction about people struggling with that forbidding landscape. His collection of short fiction, Breeding Leah and Other Stories (1991), and a novel, Falling toward Heaven (2000), were both published by Signature Books. He has published short stories and essays in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Best of the West II, Journal of Mormon History, High Country News, English Journal, Southwestern Review, and others. He is an associate professor in the English Department at Brigham Young University, where he teaches the writing of fiction and creative nonfiction. He has twenty-three years’ experience leading outdoor writing programs that use personal essay to promote student growth.