Question: Which of the people in literature , writing , and translation from the most recent class of Brigham Young University is older ?

text: List of Brigham Young University alumni
Literature , writing , and translation

This list of Brigham Young University alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Brigham Young University (BYU), a private, coeducational research university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located in Provo, Utah, United States. It is the oldest existing institution within the LDS Church Educational System, is America's largest religious university, and has the second-largest private university enrollment in the United States. Approximately 98% of the 34,000 students at BYU are Mormon; two-thirds of its American students come from outside the state of Utah. In addition to its undergraduate program, BYU offers graduate degrees in 47 departments and includes two professional schools: the Marriott School of Management and the J. Reuben Clark Law School. BYU has approximately 370,000 living alumni. Over 26 BYU graduates have served in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, such as former Dean of the U.S. Senate Reed Smoot (class of 1876). Cabinet members of American presidents include former United States Secretary of Agriculture to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ezra Taft Benson '26 and Rex E. Lee '60, who was U.S. Solicitor General under President Ronald Reagan. Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and 2008 and 2012 Republican presidential nominee, was valedictorian of his class in 1971. [citation needed]
 BYU alumni in academia include former Dean of the Harvard Business School Kim B. Clark, current Vice President of Yale, Scott Strobel '87, and Michael K. Young '73, President of Texas A&M University and former President of the University of Washington. The University also graduated Nobel Prize winner Paul D. Boyer, as well as Philo Farnsworth (inventor of the electronic television) and Harvey Fletcher (inventor of the hearing aid). Seven of BYU's twelve presidents were alumni of the University.
Name Class year ( s ) Degree ( s ) Notability
Elizabeth H. Boyer   Author of Norse mythology -influenced Alfar fantasy novel series
Juanita Brooks 1925 B.A Author of The Mountain Meadows Massacre
Orson Scott Card 1975 B.A Author of Ender 's Game ( series ) , recipient of two Hugo and Nebula Awards
Becca Fitzpatrick 2001 B.S Author of the Hush , Hush series
Steven L. Kent 1986 1990 B.A . M.A Writer , known for video game journalism and military science fiction novels
Stephenie Meyer 1995 B.A Author of the Twilight series and The Host
James Dashner 1999 1999 B.A . M.A Author of The Maze Runner ( series )
Brian Evenson 1989 B.A Author of Father of Lies and recipient of three O. Henry Awards
Brian McClellan 2009 B.A Author of The Powder Mage trilogy
Brandon Mull 2000 B.A Author of New York Times best-selling Fablehaven fantasy series
Joe Navarro 1975 B.S Former FBI psychological profiler and author of Dangerous Personality Types and other books on decoding human behavior
Jay A. Parry 1974 B.A Author of LDS non-fiction , best known for compiling Deseret Book 's Best-Loved and Everyday series
Kerry Patterson 1976 M.O.B . ( Marriott ) Co-author of New York Times best seller Crucial Conversations
Carol Lynn Pearson 1968 B.A Author of musical My Turn On Earth
Brandon Sanderson 2000 2005 B.A . M.A Author of The Stormlight Archive , Mistborn series and the final three books in the late- Robert Jordan 's The Wheel of Time series , recipient of a Hugo Award and a David Gemmell Legend Award
Samuel W. Taylor 1930  Author of short stories on which the Disney movies The Absent-Minded Professor , Flubber , and Son of Flubber were based
Robison Wells 2009 MBA ( Marriott ) Author of The Counterfeit , President of The Whitney Awards
Jack Weyland 1969 Ph.D Author of Charly