False Prophet

In the summer of 2008, the brutal murder of a devout Mormon widower sends Lieutenant Ryan back into the LDS community of Abbottsville, California. This time his investigation leads him inside the Mormon temple, behind the scenes at an LDS mission home, and into the workings of the Mormon campaign to pass Proposition 8.

Donna Banta is a former Mormon and author of the novel, The Girls from Fourth Ward. Her short fiction has appeared in Latter-Gay Saints: an Anthology of Gay Mormon Fiction and the Todd Point Review. She also contributes to various Mormon-themed blogs including Ward Gossip, Ex-Mormon Mavens, and Main Street Plaza. She earned a BA in English from Brigham Young University and was married in the Mormon temple in Oakland, California. For many years she tried to remain active in the LDS Church as a ＂Mormon Feminist,＂ an effort that led to her premature release from practically every ward position she was called to fill. Now she’s just a feminist and her calling is writing. She also loves to garden, cook, travel, interact with the broader Mormon community, spend time with her family, and watch old episodes of Columbo. She lives in San Francisco with her husband.