Mary Lythgoe Bradford is an editor and poet significant to Mormon literature

Mormon literature

Mormon literature is generally considered to begin a few years before the March 1830 publication of the Book of Mormon. Since this time Mormon literature has grown to include more scripture, histories, fiction, biographies, poetry, hymns, drama and other forms.-See also:* A Motley Vision*...

. She was the editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought is an independent quarterly journal of "Mormon thought" that addresses a wide range of issues on Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint Movement....

from 1978 to 1983, edited Mormon Women Speak (1982), and was included on the "75 Significant Mormon Poets" list complied by Gideon Burton and Sarah Jenkins. She was the first Mormon critic to engage scholarly with the work of Virginia Sorensen and has written about other authors such as Hugh Nibley

Hugh Nibley

Hugh Winder Nibley was an American author, Mormon apologist, and professor at Brigham Young University...

 and Lowell L. Bennion

Lowell L. Bennion

Lowell Lindsay Bennion was an American educator and counselor. Early in his career, Bennion focused much of his efforts on fellow members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , but he sought to benefit all people in his reach.Bennion was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of...

. Her work has appeared in many religious and regional magazines, journals and anthologies.