| Douglas H. Thayer Douglas Thayer lives in Provo, Utah, with his wife Donlu, and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. He has also published two collections of stories, the award-winning Under the Cottonwoods and Other Mormon Stories and Mr. Wahlquist in Yellowstone and Other Stories. Most recently he published The Conversion of Jeff Williams (Signature Books, 2003). View Works by this Person |
| Also Known As | Douglas ThayerDoug Thayer |
| Religion | LDS |
| Birth Date | April 19th, 1929 |
| Birth Place | Provo, UT |
| LDS Missions | Germany |
| Spouse | Donlu DeWitt |
| Children | Doug and Donlu have six children, six children-in-law, and (as of May 2012) eighteen grandchildren. |
| Education | After graduating from Brigham Young University (BYU) with a bachelor’s degree in English, Thayer applied to law school, but then decided not to attend and started a doctorate in American literature at Stanford. Finding that he had little interest in research, he left the program after finishing a master’s degree. He later attended the University of Iowa, and finished an MFA in fiction writing. |
| Awards | Dialogue Award in Fiction, 1969, "Opening Day" Association for Mormon Letters Short Fiction Award, 1977, Under the Cottonwoods Association for Mormon Letters Novel Award, 1983, Summer Fire Association for Mormon Letters Lifetime Membership Award, 1998 Association for Mormon Letters Novel Award, 2003, The Conversion of Jeff Williams |
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