SALT LAKE CITY | 15 May 2008 | Seventeen-year-old Utah Mormon David Archuleta, one of two finalists in the singing contest American Idol, is experiencing what many other Latter-day Saint celebrities have faced before him. The Osmonds, golfing great Johnny Miller, singer Gladys Knight, Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, snowboarder Torah Bright, author Stephenie Meyer and other high-profile Mormons have all had to deal with questions about their faith and their fame. How do they reconcile the two? Novelist Stephenie Meyer, whom London's The Times newspaper called "a teetotal Mormon mother of three", told that publication that her style, informed by her faith, resonates with a lot of readers. "I know a lot of kids who relate to my books because they don't drink and they are not sexually active," she said. "There are a ton of them but they don't get a lot of representation in literature or television or movies."
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How Mormons Deal With Fame
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