Stan Larson (born February 26, 1946) is an American author, researcher, and librarian.
Beginning in 1974, Larson was a scripture translation researcher and guide writer for the LDS Church.
He resigned in 1985 and left the LDS Church after he, through his research, lost faith in the Book of Mormon and other scriptural writings of Joseph Smith.
[1] After leaving the employment of the LDS Church, he worked as a religious archives specialist at the Marriott Library of the University of Utah.
Larson wrote and edited several books and has published articles in BYU Studies, Dialogue, Ensign, Evangelical Quarterly, Journal of Mormon History, Sunstone, and Trinity Journal.