Lynn Mathers Hilton (November 3, 1924 – August 12, 2020) was an American politician who served as a member of the Utah State Legislature.

He was also known as an academic professor, businessman, Middle East explorer and author of many books related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[4] He served as a pilot on a B-24 bomber in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.

He later served as associate dean of continuing education and was the founder of the BYU Salt Lake Center.

[7] By appointment of the LDS Church's Ensign magazine, Hilton was called to organize an expedition of discovery to find the trail of the Book of Mormon prophet Lehi and his family.

The Book of Mormon says that Lehi's group left from Jerusalem in approximately 600 B.C., traveled through the wilderness to the place called Bountiful, and there built a ship in which they sailed to their promised land of America.

Hilton also wrote The Kolob Theorem: A Mormon's View of God's Starry Universe[10] and The Pearl of Great Price Concordance.

They submitted a study they had made of her book, Ye Are Gods, to church Elder and president of the Deseret News, Mark E. Petersen.

Elder Petersen gave Annalee the choice of renouncing her writing as the work of Satan, or facing excommunication.