Karen Lynn Davidson (1943–2019) was a Latter-day Saint hymn writer, author, and literary critic.
Two hymns with texts by Davidson, "O, Savior Thou Who Wearest" and "Each Life That Touches Ours For Good", are in the 1985 English-language edition of the LDS Church hymnal.
Davidson authored "Our Latter-day Hymns: The Stories and the Messages" published in March 1988 by Deseret Book Company.
She was also co-editor of "Out of the Black Patch", an autobiography of Effie Marquess Carmack published by Utah State University Press in 1999.
[2][3] In 2010 she received the "best documentary editing, bibliography award" from the Mormon History Association along with Derr for their collection of Eliza R. Snow's poetry.