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Scott R. Parkin

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Scott Parkin is a writer living in Utah County. He has published mainstream, LDS, science fiction, and fantasy short fiction and is currently at work on a fantasy novel. He is an aspiring writer with over a dozen short fiction sales in both national and regional markets. One of his goals as a writer is to help develop a Mormon literature that is accessible not just to Mormons, but to any reader.
Scott Parkin, Norman L. Quincy
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Jerry and Karen Parkin
Marny Kai Harbaugh
Diana, William, Matthew, Alex
1964-03-27
Provo, Utah
Germany Hamburg Mission
Brigham Young University
Scott Parkin worked as a technical writer in the computer industry for fifteen years before switching to the dark side and becoming a marketing copywriter. Received Award of Excellence from the Society for Technical Communication in 1992. Scott began writing science fiction and fantasy short stories in the mid-1980s, and began selling them in the early 1990s. He has been actively involved in Mormon literature since the mid-1990s, and has judged fiction contests for BYU, the League of Utah Writers, and Sunstone. Publications include stories, reviews, and essays in periodicals including BYU Studies, The Leading Edge, lds entertainment, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Irreantum, and others.
Association for Mormon Letters; Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Male
Author
English

33 Works by Scott R. Parkin

Title Role Year Genre
Within Limits Author Short Story
Many Modes of Mormon Expression Author Criticism
Of Cats and Disease and Nature Author Short Story
"I Call It, 'He Gets It Both Ways'" Author Review
[Review of] Heaven Knows Why! by Samuel W. Taylor Author Review
[Review of] The Freedom Factor by Gerald Lund Author Review
[Review of] Minority Report by Steven Spielberg Author Review
[Review of] Dancing Naked by Robert Hodgson Van Wagoner Author Review
[Review of] The Other Side of Heaven by Mitch Davis Author Review
[Review of] Falling Toward Heaven by John Bennion Author Review
[Review of] A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers Author Review
[Review of] The Wine-dark Sea of Grass by Marilyn Brown Author Review
[Review of] Hannah, Mormon Midwife by Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards Author Review
[Review of] The MTC: Set Apart by Benson Y. Parkinson Author Review
[Review of] Paradise Vue by Kathryn H. Kidd Author Review
[Review of] The Alliance by Gerald N. Lund Author Review
[Review of] Moroni Smith In the Land of Zarahemla by Thom Duncan Author Review
[Review of] The Jewelry Box by Shelly Johnson-Choong Author Review
[Review of] Ephraim's Seed by Pam Blackwell Author Review
[Review of] Dear Stone by Margaret Blair Young Author Review
[Review of] Turning Hearts: Short Stories on Family Life Author Review
A Response to John-Charles Duffy on Brigham City Author Criticism
A New Mormon Battalion Author Criticism
The Works of Terry Tempest Williams Author Interview / Panel
Empty Every Night Author Short Story
Ratchet Author Short Story
SSIN Author Short Story
Standard Operating Procedure Author Short Story
There Is a Season Author Short Story
A Time to Grow Author Short Story
That’s Not Kosher Author Short Story
Die Mauer Author Short Story
The Great Bean-Count Schism Author Short Story
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