Anita Stansfield

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Beyond her devotion to family, writing has been Anita Stansfield’s passion for three decades. She has published over 50 novels since her first publication in 1994, as well as a collection of personal essays, most of which are oriented toward Latter-day Saint readers. Also writing under the pseudonym Elizabeth D. Michaels she is currently working on a new series, The Horstberg Saga, with the first three volumes published, and more in the works. She is best known for her keen ability to explore the psychological depths of human nature, in the midst of exquisite dramas. Anita is a former president of the Utah Valley Chapter of the League of Utah Writers. She has also won the Independent LDS Booksellers’ Best Fiction Award for her first published book, First Love and Forever. She has also won the League of Utah Writers’ Golden Quill award multiple times, as well as Covenant Communications’ 1997 special award for Pioneering New Ground in LDS Fiction. In 2007, she won the Lifetime Achievement award from the Whitney Awards program.