Clinton Foster Larson (1919–1994) was an American poet and playwright and the founding editor of BYU Studies.
Larson started college at the University of Utah at age 16 with plans to study medicine.
However, he had an English class with Brewster Ghiselin who convinced him to that he had potential as a writer.
Around this time he entered the Army Air Corps in which he served during the duration of World War II.
Possibly Larson's most widely read work was his 16-volume text of the Illustrated Stories of the Book of Mormon published by Promised Land Publications.