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Arguable the most famous artist in the world right now is author Stephenie Meyer. If you don’t already know she is the author of the Twilight series about vampires and the sciFi novel The Host. She has four of the top 10 bestselling books in America and a raved fan base.
Ironically, like other famous LDS artists Arnold Friberg and DJ Bawden, Meyer is from Phoenix, Arizona. But unlike them she has not produced anything that is strictly LDS. Unless you count her author bio which prints in the first line that she graduated from LDS owned Brigham Young University. That is possibly the best recruiting tool the university has ever had.But she also fairly new to the scene having had her first book published in 2005.
In almost every article written about her it mentions how she was a Mormon house mom turned bestselling author. I think it’s funny how the media loves to put the word “Mormon” in there. It’s not like other artists are labeled Catholic or Jewish. She complained about that in a USA Today feature story.
The LDS church owned book store, Deseret Book, sells all five of her books. The Mormon church will only sell books that meet a strict moral standard. Many LDS church members have complained that Deseret Book sells them. This is also something Friberg and Meyer have in common, controversy from the LDS church members. Many Mormons did not agree with Friberg’s depictions of scenes from The Book of Mormon.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.
Chris Moran
September 30th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
The Mormon church end up quiting when this happens. Here are the Twilight series. You are in a better position to follow a response.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Here we go!!!
November 11th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
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