Anita Stansfield

Romance Novels With a Real Life Edge

Current Writing Project

I've had the honor of studying and writing about Emma Smith. I was asked by the Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith Historical Society to write a biographical novel about this great lady in order to show her life (specifically the years she shared with Joseph) from a more accurate perspective, and to also illustrate the human experience in a way that is more appropriate and respectful than many books that have been done in the past. The myths, misconceptions, and prejudices about Emma are as endless as they are absurd. I'm grateful for the opportunity to help get the story straight on her behalf. Satan's vengeance on Joseph Smith has surely been to create such prejudice and discord in regard to his family, and especially his sweet wife. It has been a challenging and rewarding project, and a great honor. I've come to love and respect Emma deeply! A film on Emma has been made by the same society and will appear in many theaters through the spring and summer of 2008. It should be available on DVD in the fall. The release date of the book is still uncertain. I encourage you to support the film and the book and to spread the word, since all proceeds go to the purpose of gathering the posterity of Joseph and Emma and uniting them in the cause that Joseph gave his life for. Also, now available on DVD is "The Times and Teachings of Joseph Smith." (You will find my endorsement on the cover.) This is a sister project to the Emma film, and its proceeds go to the same cause.

I am also working on a three-part story (which is different from a three-volume story) about a musician named Jayson Wolfe. I wrote this book some time ago, but it's so long that I've held it back. Unable to divide it comfortably into smaller books, we've finally made the decision to divide it into three parts, which should be released within a six-month period of time. All things are subject to challenges and opposition, but the plan is to have them released in August, November, and February (2008-2009) so that readers will get the whole story without waiting too long. Once you read it, I think you'll forgive me for having to break it in pieces. Better this than having it collect dust at my house. Hope you enjoy it!