Phyllis Barber: A Latter-day Saint Writer and Witness of the Divine in Nature and Soul

Phyllis Barber is a Latter-day Saint author whose fiction and spiritual memoir have made her one of the distinctive literary voices among the Saints. Her story collection 'The School of Love,' her novel 'And the Desert Shall Blossom,' and her memoir 'How I Got Cultured' explore the landscape of the Mormon West and the landscape of the soul with equal care. Her work has been called 'a witness to the divine that is in nature and in the soul,' and she has been featured among the leading 'Mormon women as writer[s]' in the journal Dialogue. Sister Barber's life testifies that the restored gospel can find faithful expression not only in sermons but in stories that honestly trace the Lord's hand in the deserts and daily lives of His Saints.