Arianne B. Cope is an American

Latter-day Saint Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several ...

novelist. Cope has written many articles for such LDS Church publications as the '' New Era''. Cope has been a recipient of the

Marilyn Brown Novel Award The Marilyn Brown Novel Award was an occasional award given to the best unpublished novel focusing on realistic cultural experiences of the Utah region submitted for consideration. The award includes a $1,000 honorarium. The award was founded by M ...

from the

Association for Mormon Letters The Association for Mormon Letters (AML) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1976 to "foster scholarly and creative work in Mormon letters and to promote fellowship among scholars and writers of Mormon literature." Other stated purposes have inc ...

for her novel '' The Coming of Elijah''. This novel has been criticized for its portrayal of the LDS Church's

Indian Placement Program The Indian Placement Program (IPP) or Indian Student Placement Program (ISPP), also called the Lamanite Placement Program,

.Cindy Yurth
"Former LDS placement students take issue with novel"
''Navajo Times''. Cope has also been the editor of the ''Tremonton Ledger'', a newspaper published in

Tremonton, Utah Tremonton is a city in Box Elder County, Utah. The population was 7,647 at the time of the 2010 census. History Although the first settlers came to the Tremonton area in 1888, it remained largely uninhabited until just before 1900, when land ag ...

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External links

"Stowaway" by Arianne Cope in Literary Mama

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