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Jack Harrell

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Jack Harrell grew up in Parkersburg, Illinois, a small farming community in the southeastern part of the state. When he was nineteen years old, he packed his guitars and record albums in his 1964 Chevy Impala and moved to Vernal, Utah, where he joined the Mormon church. He is now a fiction writer, essayist, and professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho. His novel Vernal Promises won the Marilyn Brown Novel Award in 2000. His book A Sense of Order and Other Stories contains the award-winning stories "Calling and Election" and "A Prophet's Story." His latest book is Writing Ourselves: Essays on Creativity, Craft, and Mormonism.
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Graduated from BYU with a B.A in English. Received an M.A in English from Illinois State University. Ph.D. in Education from the University of Idaho.
fiction writer, essayist, teacher at BYU-Idaho.
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10 Works by Jack Harrell

Title Role Year Genre
Form and Integrity Author Personal Essay
Godsight Author Short Story
Vernal Promises Author 2003 Novel
October Soil Author Short Story
Telling the Truth Author Personal Essay
A Sense of Order and Other Stories Author 2010 Novel
The Lone and Dreary World Author 2003 Fiction
A Visit for Tregan Author 2009 Fiction
Hank Toy's Devil Author 2012 Fiction
The Prophet Claude Author 2011 Fiction
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