Award-winning Titles

Greg Kofford Books has been the recipient of numerous awards, highlighting the quality and scholarship of our publications. We are proud of our authors and the contributions they have made to the diverse field of Mormon studies.

Life and Times of John Pierce Hawley
A Mormon Ulysses of the American West
By Melvin C. Johnson

2020 Best Biography Award, John Whitmer Historical Association

“Through the biography of one man, Johnson introduces us to five different incarnations of the Latter Day Saint tradition.” —Christopher James Blythe, author of Terrible Revolutions: Latter-day Saints & the American Apocalypse

Dime Novel Mormons
Edited by Ardis E. Parshall and Michael Austin

2018 Best Anthology Book Award, John Whitmer Historical Association

“The editors provide helpful introductions to the now forgotten age of this piece-work for hire. They are just fun to read.”—By Common Consent

The Trek East
Mormonism Meets Japan, 1901–1968
By Shinji Takagi

2017 Best International Book Award, Mormon History Association

This is a wonderful book, full of historical knowledge on a lesser-known subject in LDS history”Deseret News

Writing Ourselves
Essays on Creativity, Craft, and Mormonism
By Jack Harrell

2016 Best Literary Criticism Award, Association for Mormon Letters

“A worthy successor to the work of Eugene England.”—Association for Mormon Letters

As Iron Sharpens Iron
Listening to the Various Voices of Scripture
Edited by Julie M. Smith

2016 Best Religious Non-fiction Award, Association for Mormon Letters

“An excellent study on the challenges found in the Mormon scriptural cannon.”—Association for Mormon Letters

William B. Smith
In the Shadow of a Prophet
By Kyle R. Walker

2016 Best Biography Award, John Whitmer Historical Association

“The definitive biography for years to come.”—Association for Mormon Letters

Traditions of the Fathers
The Book of Mormon as History
By Brant A. Gardner

2015 Best Religious Non-fiction Award, Association for Mormon Letters

“Rich, thorough, provocative.”—Association for Mormon Letters

For the Cause of Righteousness
A Global History of Blacks and Mormonism, 1830–2013
By Russell W. Stevenson

2015 Best Book Award, Mormon History Association

“A valuable and welcome addition.”—BYU Studies Quarterly

Mormon and Maori
By Marjorie Newton

2015 Best International Book Award, Mormon History Association

“Should be considered groundbreaking.”—Journal of Mormon History

Re-reading Job
Understanding the Ancient World's Greatest Poem
By Michael Austin

2014 Best Religious Non-fiction Award, Association for Mormon Letters

“Serves as a helpful introduction to deeper study of Job.”—Studies in the Bible and Antiquity

From Above and Below
The Mormon Embrace of Revolution, 1840–1940
By Craig Livingston

2014 Best International Book Award, Mormon History Association

“Landmark book.”—D. Michael Quinn, author of Mormonism and the Magic Worldview

Tiki and Temple
The Mormon Mission in New Zealand, 1854–1958
By Marjorie Newton

2013 Best International Book Award, Mormon History Association

“A very scholarly and informative read.”—BYU Studies Quarterly

“Swell Suffering”
A Biography of Maurine Whipple
By Veda Tebbs Hale

2012 Best Biography Award, Mormon History Association

“A splendid biography.”—Mormon Historical Studies

The Gift and Power
Translating the Book of Mormon
By Brant Gardner

2012 Best Criticism Award, Association for Mormon Letters

“A game changer.”—By Common Consent

Hearken, O Ye People
The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations
By Mark Lyman Staker

2011 Best Book Award, Mormon History Association and John Whitmer Historical Association

“Immensely helpful reference tool.”—Juvenile Instructor

Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism
The Generations after the Manifesto
By Brian C. Hales

2007 Best Book Award, John Whitmer Historical Association

“The most thorough and comprehensive study written on the subject .”—Alexander Baugh, past editor of Mormon Historical Studies

Hugh Nibley
A Consecrated Life
By Boyd Jay Petersen

2003 Best Biography Award, Mormon History Association

“Delightfully accessible.”—Publisher's Weekly

Mormonism in Transition
A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890–1930, 3rd ed.

By Thomas G. Alexander

1988 Best Book Award, Mormon History Association

“Required reading for all historians of Mormonism.”—Journal of American History