John Bennion

A native of the Utah desert, John Bennion has published a collection of short fiction, Breeding Leah and other Stories (Signature Books, 1991), and five novels: Falling Toward Heaven (Signature Books, 2000), An Unarmed Woman (Signature Books, 2019), Ezekiel’s Third Wife (Roundfire Books, 2019), Spin (By Common Consent Press, 2022), and Ruth at the End of the Earth (BCC Press, 2023). He has published short stories and essays in Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Hotel Amerika, Southwest Review, AWP Chronicle, Hobart, Palaver, High Country News, Utah Historical Quarterly, Journal of Mormon History, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Sunstone Magazine and others. He has retired from teaching creative writing in the English Department at Brigham Young University, and he lives in Provo with his wife Karla, a writer and former therapist.