| John Bennion John Bennion writes novels, essays, and short fiction about the western Utah desert and the people who inhabit that forbidding country. He has published a collection of short fiction, Breeding Leah and other Stories (Signature Books, 1991), and a novel, Falling Toward Heaven (Signature Books, 2000). He has published short work in Ascent, AWP Chronicle, English Journal, Utah Holiday, Journal of Experiential Education, Sunstone Magazine, Best of the West II, Black American Literature Forum, Journal of Mormon History, and others. He has written two contemporary young adult novels, Born of Ashes and Snake in Eden. An associate professor at Brigham Young University, Bennion teaches creative writing and the British novel. He has made a special study of the late Victorian and Modern writer, Thomas Hardy. As a teacher, he specializes in experiential writing and literature programs, including Wilderness Writing, a class in which students backpack and then write personal narratives about their experiences; and England and Literature, a study abroad program during which students study Romantic and Victorian writers and hike through the landscapes where those writers lived. (BYU Faculty Profile) View Works by this Person |
| Web Site | Author's Website http://outdoorwriting.byu.edu/ |
| Also Known As | John Serge Bennion |
| Religion | LDS |
| Spouse | Karla, a psychotherapist and mystery novel writer |
| Children | Five |
| Education | B.A. in English from Utah State University (1977) M. A. in English from BYU (1981) Ph. D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston (1989). |
| Awards | Association for Mormon Letters personal essay prize, 2006 Finalist for Utah Book Award, Falling Toward Heaven, 2001 Utah Arts Council first prize in young adult novel, Born of Ashes, 2001 Association for Mormon Letters short story prize, 1989 Utah Arts Council first prize in short story, "Dust," 1987 |
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