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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).
Doug Thayer, Douglas Thayer
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Donlu DeWitt
Doug and Donlu have six children, six children-in-law, and (as of May 2012) eighteen grandchildren.
Work can be found on page 81 of the Spring 1970 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.
1929-04-19
Provo, Utah
Germany
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.
Author, Interviewee
Thayer has also written literature not related to the Church, including the short story The Redtail Hawk, which won the Dialogue prize for imaginitive literature in 1969.

27 Works by Douglas H. Thayer

Title Role Year Genre
Greg & Kellie Author 1982 Novel
Mr. Wahlquist in Yellowstone Author 1989 Novel
Summer Fire Author 1983 Novel
Under the Cottonwoods and Other Mormon Stories Author 1977 Short Story
Under the Cottonwoods Author Short Story
Second South Author Short Story
Opening Day Author 1970 Fiction
The Rabbit Hunt Author Short Story
The Clinic Author 1973 Fiction
Elder Thatcher Author Short Story
Greg Author 1976 Fiction
Testimony Author Short Story
Indian Hills Author Short Story
Zarahemla Author Short Story
Ten Years of Laughter Author Short Story
His Wonders to Perform Author Short Story
A White House Author Novel Excerpt
Interview with Doug Thayer Interviewee Interview / Panel
Brother Melrose Author 1999 Fiction
The Conversion of Jeff Williams Author 2003 Novel
The First Sunday Author Short Story
The Tree House Author 2009 Novel
Will Wonders Never Cease Author 2014 Fiction
Wolves Author 2003 Fiction
Carterville Author 2005 Fiction
Roses Author 2006 Fiction
Ice Fishing Author 2000 Fiction
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