Mary Lythgoe Bradford (October 24, 1930 – November 8, 2022) was an American editor and poet significant to Mormon literature.
[1] She was the first Mormon critic to engage on a scholarly level with the work of Virginia Sorensen[2] and has written about other authors such as Lowell L. Bennion.
Her work has appeared in many religious and regional magazines, journals, and anthologies.
Bradford was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She also taught writing briefly at American University in Washington, D.C. Bradford's book Leaving Home: Personal Essays won the 1998 Association for Mormon Letters personal essay award.