Barbara Jones Brown

Company Director

Barbara Jones Brown is the director of Signature Books. Previously she was the executive director of the Mormon History Association, historical director of Better Days 2020, and content editor of Massacre at Mountain Meadows (2008). Coauthored with Richard E. Turley Jr., her book Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath (2023), received the Utah Historical Society's Best Book Award, the Utah Humanities Council's Best Nonfiction Book Award, the John Whitmer Historical Society's Best Book in Mormon History Award, the Westerners International Best Book Award, and finalist designation in Best Nonfiction Book from LDSPMA. Brown holds a master’s degree in American history from the University of Utah and a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English from Brigham Young University. Besides her family, her passions in life include skiing, writing, historical research, and helping other authors achieve their publishing dreams.