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Anita Stansfield is an award winning writer of fiction both for a general audience and Latter-day Saint audience. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes casually called the Mormon Church. Stansfield is probably the best selling author of LDS fiction, with half-a-million books in print as of 2010. She is extremely prolific.

Anita Stansfield was born on July 20, 1961, in Provo, Utah. She currently lives in Alpine, Utah, with her husband and five children. Her first novel was published in 1994. Many of her works have been published through Covenant Communications in American Fork, Utah, but she now publishes through her own company, Crosswalk Books. Stansfield is in demand as a public speaker, especially at LDS events.

"Stansfield is a former president of the Utah Valley Chapter of the League of Utah Writers. She has also won the Independent LDS Booksellers' "Best Fiction Award" for her first published book, First Love and Forever. She has also won the League of Utah Writers' "Golden Quill" award multiple times, as well as Covenant Communications' 1997 special award for "Pioneering New Ground in LDS Fiction." In 2007, she won the Lifetime Achievement award from the Whitney Awards program. [1]

The following is a list of titles by Anita Stansfield: [2]

O/P = Out of Print

• Byrnehouse-Davies & Hamilton Saga

• The Gable Faces East O/P
• Gables Against the Sky O/P
• The Three Gifts of Christmas
• First Love and Forever
• First Love, Second Chances
• Now and Forever
• By Love and Grace
• Home For Christmas* O/P

• Gables of Legacy Volume I, The Guardian

• Volume II, A Guiding Star
• Volume III, The Silver Linings
• Volume IV, An Eternal Bond
• Volume V, The Miracle
• Volume VI, Full Circle

• Trevor Family Saga

• Return to Love O/P
• To Love Again
• When Forever Comes
• A Christmas Melody
• For Love Alone

• The Buchanan Saga

• The Captain of Her Heart
• Captive Hearts
• The Captain’s Angel O/P
• Hearts Crossed O/P

• Keane-Morrison Family Saga

• Timeless Waltz
• A Time to Dance
• Dancing in the Light
• A Dance to Remember

• Barrington Family Saga

• Volume I, In Search of Heaven
• Volume II, A Quiet Promise
• Volume III, At Heaven's Door
• olume IV, Promise of Zion
• The Jayson Wolfe Story
• The Sound Of Rain
• A Distant Thunder
• The WInds Of Hope
• Shelter From The Storm
• The Silence Of Snow

• The Dickens Inn Series

• Volume I, The Best of Times
• Volume II, A Far, Far Better Place
• Volume III, A Loving Heart

• Other Titles
• A Promise of Forever
• Towers of Brierley
• A Star in Winter
• Someone to Hold
• Reflections, A Collection of Personal Essays O/P
• Emma, Woman of Faith

• Where the Heart Leads
• When Hearts Meet

• The Gift, A Christmas Short Story
• The Empty Manger, included in the short story collection A Merry Little Christmas O/P