Her editing credits include
Sisters in Spirit: Mormon Women in Historical and Cultural Perspective (1987) and
Tending the Garden: Essays on Mormon Literature (1996). She worked as an editor at journals including the
Ensign (the official LDS magazine),
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought,
Journal of Mormon History, ''Mormon Women's Forum Quarterly,
and Case Reports of the Mormon Alliance.'' In 2001, Anderson published a critical edition of
Lucy Mack Smith's
memoir, ''Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir'' (Salt Lake City:
Signature Books, 2001). In 1995, Anderson and Eugene England co-edited
Tending the Garden: Essays on Mormon Literature (Salt Lake City:
Signature Books, 1995).This book-length collection of fifteen essays on Mormon literature discusses such classic narratives as Joseph Smith's first vision and Parley P. Pratt's autobiography, more recent experiments such as Levi Peterson's
The Backslider, and Terry Tempest Williams's
Refuge; it also addresses the question of what constitutes Mormon aesthetics. In May of 2020, her collection of essays,
Mercy Without End: Toward a More Inclusive Church (
Signature Books, 2020) was published, highlighting her concerns about and reflections on issues of inclusiveness in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ==Selected works and references==