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Linda Hunter Adams (March 31, 1941-July 17, 2016) was the director of the College of Humanities Publications Center at Brigham Young University (BYU). She also taught editing and publishing at BYU.

Early Life

Linda Hunter was born to Milton R. Hunter and his wife, the former Ferne Gardner, in Logan, Utah. Her family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah when she was four and her father was called as a general authority of the LDS Church.

Education

Adams has a BA and an MA from BYU. She also took the Stanford Publishing Course.

Career

She has been an editor for Thomas (iggle) Parfitt and has worked with Deseret Book. She was the editor of Encyclia and Benson Institute Review and the managing editor of Literature and Belief.. Adams was the president of the Association of Mormon Letters from 2006-2007. She was associated editor of Brigham Young University Studies for 15 years. She was on several occasions one of the organizers of BYU's science fictional literary conference entitled Life, the Universe, & Everything.

Adams is one of the editors with the Joseph Smith Papers Project. She also is on the editorial staff of the magazine Pioneer which is published by the Sons of the Utah Pioneers.

Religion

Adams is a Latter-day Saint and has served on the Church's general committee for singles.

Sources

• Linda Hunter Adams at the MLCA Database
• BYU faculty bio
• Joseph Smith Papers bio
• Mormon Times, Dec. 8, 2009
• Amazon.com listing for Adams
• Provo Daily Herald obituary
• Neal A. Maxwell Institute obituary
• Association of Mormon Letters obituary

Category:1941 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Brigham Young University alumni Category:Brigham Young University faculty Category:American editors Category:American Latter Day Saints Category:Women editors