Mette Ivie Harrison

is an award-winning, national bestselling, New York Times Notable author of The Bishop’s Wife and many other novels for adults and teens. She does coaching and editing, especially for mystery, sff and Mormon adjacent fiction, non-fiction and memoir. Contact her at [email protected] for more information about pricing or to set up a free consult with a 10-page read.

Coming Soon!

Immortal Blood

Book 4 in the Vampires in the Temple series

Praise

Praise

Expect to see it on a lot of ‘Best Mysteries of the Year’ lists. It will be on mine.

— Sarah Weinman

The Bishop’s Wife has good reason to draw a large readership.

Janet Maslin, New York Times

Sane, wise, likable . . . [The] solution is nicely surprising, and Linda has an engrossing voice, at once modest and assured.

— Charles Finch, USA Today

Harrison makes her adult debut with a stunning contemporary mystery set in Mormon country… [She] easily transports readers into a world most will find as unfamiliar as a foreign country.

Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review

The mystery surrounding Carrie drives the plot, but Linda herself is the most compelling thing about young adult author Harrison’s debut adult mystery about a world she knows well.

Booklist, STARRED Review

Adds twists aplenty to an insider’s look at a religion replete with its own mysteries.

Kirkus Reviews

Eye-opening . . . A novel so far from my reality I needed a telescope, but I think that’s why I enjoyed this debut so much.

Carole E. Barrowman, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Harrison has an eye like a Nikon camera and an educated ear. I was amazed at her perfect pitch in her choice of words and gestures.

The Deseret News

Intelligent and wry. In Linda’s dealings with her husband’s flock, author Mette Ivie Harrison gives us a rare neutral treatment of Mormonism . . . Refreshing.

The Raleigh News & Observer

The Bishop's Wife
His Right Hand
For Time and All Eternities
Not of This Fold

The Prodigal Daughter

The Book of Abish
Vampires in the Temple
The Princess and the Hound
The Princess and the Bear
The Princess and the Snowbird
The Princess and the Horse
The Princess and the Wolf
Tris & Izzie (Tintagel High)
The Rose Throne (The Princess of Rurik)
The Women's Book of Mormon (Vol. 1 available 1/17/2020)
The Women's Book of Mormon (Vol. 2 coming in late 2020)

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Honors

Honors

  • A National Bestseller
  • ABA IndieNext Selection for January, 2015
  • An ABA IndieBound Bestseller
  • A PLA LibraryReads Selection for January, 2015
  • A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2014
  • Utah Book Award
  • Whitney Award Nominee
  • on All Things Considered
  • Spirit 0f 76 Recommended Book List
  • “Borders Recommends” List
  • The Center for Children’s Literature “Too Good to Miss” List
  • Utah Center for the Book Letters for Literature
  • The Children’s Bookstore
    “Pick of the Month”
  • A New York Times Notable Book, 2014
  • Association of Mormon Letters Honorable Mention
  • Brodie Award Winner 2020 “Delayed Adulthood,” Medium

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