Anita Stansfield (born July 20, 1961) is an American

Latter-day Saint The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded b ...

romance novelist. She is the LDS market's best-selling romance novelist, with sales of nearly half a million. Stansfield was born in

Provo, Utah Provo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States. It is south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front, and lies between the cities of Orem, Utah, Orem to the north and Springville, Utah, Springville to the south ...

. She currently lives in

Alpine, Utah Alpine is a city on the northeastern edge of Utah County, Utah, Utah County, Utah, United States. The population was 10,251 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Alpine has been one of the many quickly-growing cities of Utah ...

with her husband and five children. She has published many novels since her first publication in 1994, as well as a collection of personal essays, most of which are oriented toward

readers. Many of her works have been published by

Covenant Communications Deseret Book () is an American publishing company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, that also operates a chain of bookstores throughout the western United States. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation (DMC), the ...

American Fork, Utah American Fork is a city in north-central Utah County, Utah, United States, at the foot of Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Range, north from Utah Lake. The city is southeast of Salt Lake City and is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area, Pr ...

, although she now self-publishes through her own company, Crosswalk Books. She is also an occasional public speaker at local events for LDS women as well as firesides for young men and young women. Stansfield 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 The Whitney Awards are awards given annually for novels by LDS authors. Established in 2007, they are named after Orson F. Whitney, a prominent early member of the LDS Church. There are several categories for which novels may be nominated. The Wh ...

program.

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