Devery S. Anderson

Devery S. Anderson earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Utah and a master’s in publishing from George Washington University. He is editor or coeditor of four books related to Mormons and the West, two of which won the Steven F. Christensen Award for Best Documentary from the Mormon History Association in 2006. His book Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement was the basis for the ABC miniseries Women of the Movement.