Marilyn Arnold (born November 26, 1935) is an American emeritus professor of English at

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(BYU). She served as assistant to President

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and as dean of graduate studies. A native of

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, Arnold received bachelor's and master's degrees from BYU. Arnold also holds a Ph. D. from the

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. She is a leading scholar on the work of

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having written among other works ''A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather'' and ''Willa Cather's Short Fiction''. Arnold also studied the works of other authors who set their works in the great plains states. Arnold was also closely involved with work relating to poetry. Arnold also wrote on the works of Milton. Along with Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill and Kristen Tracy, Arnold edited the University of Iowa Press published anthology ''A Chorus for Peace: A Global Anthology of Poetry by Women''.University of Iowa info page on this work
/ref> Arnold has written eight novels including ''Minding Mama'' and also ''Sacred Hymns from the Book of Mormon'' with Maurine Ozment and Lisa Farr. Prior to joining the BYU faculty Arnold was a professor at

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. Arnold has also served as the head of the Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature at BYU. Arnold is a member of

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Deseret Book bio

Library Thing entry for Arnold

Association for Mormon Letters listing of Reviews of works by Arnold

Amazon.com bio

St. George book festival page with short bio

Goodreads entry for Arnold
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