Stan Larson received his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson’s Archaeological Search for The Book of Mormon, as well as editor of several titles including The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, 1896–1904 and The Truth, The Way, The Life: An Elementary Treatise on Theology: The Masterwork of B. H. Roberts. He has also been published in Dialogue, Ensign, BYU Studies, Sunstone, Journal of Mormon History, and Evangelical Quarterly.

Stan is the author of Prisoner for Polygamy: The Memoirs and Letters of Rudger Clawson at the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, 1884-87.