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Maurine Jensen Proctor

Proctor, Maurine
After receiving her education from University of Utah and Harvard, Maurine Jensen Proctor, the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Meridian Magazine, began her writing career with McGraw Hill Magazines and the Chicago Sun-Times. She has created award-winning television documentaries, has written a radio show for more than six years that played on 300 radio stations, and was a long-time writer of The Spoken Word for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She, and her husband, Scot, have written several books together, including Witness of the Light, Source of the Light, Light from the Dust and The Gathering. They also edited a new version of Lucy Mack Smith’s biography of her son called The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother and The Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt. They were formerly the editors of This People magazine. Maurine has been a part-time Institute teacher for the past 13 years and is the mother of eleven children and grandmother of one.
Author, Director, Editor, Producer

6 Works by Maurine Jensen Proctor

Title Role Year Genre
Expanding Meanings: Breaking Out of the Language Prison Author
[Review of ] A More Perfect Union Author Review
Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt Editor 2000 Personal Essay
Brigham City — The Murder Mystery Author Interview / Panel
Witness of the Light Director
Witness of the Light Producer
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