Nephi AndersonChristian Nephi Anderson (January 22, 1865 – January 6, 1923) was a well-known Utah author and LDS Church member. Anderson was a prolific writer of LDS literature during the "Home Literature" period, publishing twelve novels, including the best-sellig Added Upon (1898), as well as short tales, poetry, essays, and a history of the Church for young people. Anderson was born on January 22, 1865 in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents, Christian and Petronella Nielson, had just recently joined the LDS Church and traveled to Utah Territory, United States, in 1871. They originally settled in Coalsville, then in Ogden. Anderson married Asenath Tillotson in 1886 and began teaching in Ogden and Brigham City. He served a mission for the LDS Church in his natal country of Norway from 1891 to 1893 before returning to teach. From 1900 to 1903, he was the Superintendent of Schools in Box Elder County, Utah. Asenath died in January 1904, after bearing Nephi six children (three of whom survived to adulthood). Read More Read Less