![]() Weyland set a goal to write a novel in 1979 and accomplished that goal with the completion of Charly. Weyland ultimately wrote about fifty stories for the New Era. Brian Kelly, editor of the New Era, mentored and encouraged him in his writing. A third article was rejected, which discouraged him until the next summer when he wrote a fourth that was accepted. He wrote two stories for the New Era and both were accepted for publication. While there, he timidly stepped back into writing by taking a correspondence course. He taught physics at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology until 1971, when he had the opportunity to return to BYU to participate in high-pressure research. When he told his instructor his wish, the teacher responded, “You’re not serious, are you?” Weyland dropped the course and didn’t write again for a few years. While at BYU, he took a writing course because he held a secret desire to write Latter-day Saint fiction. He earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Montana State University, and after serving as a missionary in New York and Pennsylvania for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he earned his PhD in physics from Brigham Young University. ![]() ![]() ![]() Weyland was born in Butte, Montana, in 1940. Although Jack Arnold Weyland has enjoyed a successful career as a physics professor, he is also widely known as a popular fiction writer for Latter-day Saints, particularly for his novel Charly, which was also made into a movie. ![]()
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