Brian C. Hales is the author or coauthor of seven books dealing with Mormon polygamy including the 3 volume, Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: History and Theology (Greg Kofford Books, 2013) and with his wife Laura, the recently published Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding. His Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations after the Manifesto received the “Best Book of 2007 Award” from the John Whitmer Historical Association. He served a mission to Venezuela for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for fourteen years. He is currently President-Elect of the John Whitmer Historical Association. Brian works as an anesthesiologist and has served as the president of both the Utah Medical Association and the Medical Staff at the Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton, Utah. He is the webmaster of MormonPolygamyDocuments.org and with his wife Laura for JosephSmithsPolygamy.org.
Laura Harris Hales earned a BA in International Studies from BYU and an MA in Professional Writing from New England College. She works as an educator, freelance copy editor, and writer. Laura is also co-author of the recently published Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding. Currently she is compiling an anthology addressing sixteen controversial topics regarding LDS history and doctrine. Chapters are written by leading LDS scholars and are directed toward members of the Church seeking answers to difficult questions (Building Faith in an Age of Doubt, BYU Religious Studies Center, May 2016). Laura is co-webmaster of JosephSmithsPolygamy.org.
