Benson Y. Parkinson
Benson Young Parkinson is a Latter-day Saint novelist, literary critic, and biographer.Biography
Parkinson was born in Provo, Utah, and grew up in Ogden. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France. In 1985 he graduated from Brigham Young University. He has written two novels, The MTC: Set Apart and Into the Field, as well as a biography of his maternal grandfather S. Dilworth Young. He has also written many reviews of books and articles on trends in Latter-day Saint fiction. Parkinson founded AML-List, a discussion list sponsored by the Association for Mormon Letters, and served as its first moderator. With Christopher K. Bigelow he founded and co-edited Irreantum, a Mormon literary magazine.
He is married and has five children and currently resides in Ogden, Utah.
