Books, Films & Plays by BYH Alumni & Faculty

Books, Films & Plays by BYH Alumni

We welcome news and updates about books, films and plays produced by BYH alumni. Listings include only the latest of sometimes extensive library and filmology listings. Click on names of individuals for background information.

Please email additional updates to yhigh@ymail.com

The following lists of publications do not include personal family histories. Those publications may be listed within each author's alumni profile in the attached BYA/BYH Directory.


Recent Works:


  • Jae R. Ballif, '49
    Book: In Search of Truth and Love - 1986

  • Nick Boshard, PhD, '61
    Book: Rediscovering the Greatest Films of the 20th Century - 2010

  • R. Lanier Britsch '57
    Book: Nothing More Heroic - 1999

  • Clayton D. Bushnell '43
    Book: Centurion King: The Battle for Okinawa - 2002

  • Orson Scott Card '69
    Book: Ender in Exile - 2008

    Film: Enders Game - 2013

  • Kim S. Cameron '64
    Book: Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance - 2008

  • Mary Ellen Edmunds '58
    Book: MEE Speaks: But Does She Have Anything to Say? - 2007

  • Richard L. Gunn, Faculty
    Book: A Search for Sensitivity and Spirit, 1981

  • Christine Layton Graham '71
    Books: Three Little Robbers - 2007
    Peter Peter Picks a Pumpkin House - 2007
    When Pioneer Wagons Rumbled West - 1997

  • Charles Hackley '56
    Book: Buckshot Higgins: His Life and Treasures - 2008 ~ About

  • Kathy A. Jacobson '65
    Books: Choosing Happiness - 2008
    The Miracle Factor - 2008

  • Ardeth Greene Kapp '49
    Book: The Joy of Believing - 2011

  • Jon R. Katzenbach '50
    Book: Why Pride Matters More Than Money - 2003

  • Clay McConkie '47
    Book: The Drama and Majesty of the Second Coming - 2010

  • Jean Anderson Moore '52
    Book: The Moore the Merrier - 2011

  • Janice Gerber Nielson '63
    Book: The Divine Principles of Mothering - 2009

  • Dallin H. Oaks '50
    Book: With Full Purpose of Heart - 2002

  • Carol Lynn Wright Pearson '57
    Book: No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons around Our Gay Loved Ones - 2007

    Play: Facing East - 2007

    Movie: Facing East - 2011

  • Ed Jolley Pinegar '52 & Faculty
    Book: Come Unto Me - 2011

  • Reed P. Smoot '65
    Televison: Granite Flats - 2013
    Film: Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience - 2009

  • Douglas H. Thayer '47~H
    Book: Hooligan: A Mormon Boyhood - 2007

  • Blaine M. Yorgason '61
    Book: Courageous Defender of Truth: The Story of John Taylor - 2002

    Film: The Trek West - 1996

  • Brent G. Yorgason '63
    Book: Simeon's Touch - 1993

  • John H. "Jack" Zenger '49
    Book: 22 Management Secrets to Achieve More with Less - 1997

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    Earlier BYA~BYH Authors
    Click on names below for more information


  • James E. Talmage, Class of 1880

  • Annie Clark Tanner, Class of 1883

  • Howard Roscoe Driggs, Class of 1892

  • Harvey Fletcher, Class of 1904

  • Francis W. Kirkham, Class of 1904

  • Arthur V. Watkins, Class of 1906

  • Frank Rasmussen, Class of 1908

  • Harvey H. Gates, Class of 1909

  • Kimball Young, Class of 1911

  • John Thomas Wahlquist, Class of 1918

  • Milton R. Hunter, Class of 1924

  • James Smoot Coleman, Class of 1936

  • Morris A. Shirts, Principal 1954-1956

  • Max C. Golightly, BYH Faculty 1957-1961

  • John W. Van Cott, BYH Faculty Early 1960s
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    The above lists are far from complete, and are therefore always open for updating. We welcome information about current and earlier authors.


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