The Tree House by Douglas Thayer7/2/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the 1960s, Thayer started to publish short stories in BYU Studies and Dialogue. He taught fiction writing at BYU for fifty-four years and retired in 2011. He also received an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Iowa. He studied at Brigham Young University (BYU) for a bachelor's degree in English and received a Master's in American literature from Stanford. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Germany. Thayer grew up in Provo, Utah, and dropped out of high school to join the army in 1946. Eugene England called him the "father of contemporary Mormon fiction." : 471–472 He has been called the "Mormon Hemingway" for his straightforward style and powerful prose. Thayer (Ap– October 17, 2017) was a prominent author in the "faithful realism" movement of Mormon fiction. ![]()
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