Mark L. Grover  Mark L. Grover (born 1947) is an expert on Mormonism in Brazil and an author on religion in Latin America. Grover was born in Malad, Idaho and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He served as a Mormon missionary in Brazil. He has a Ph.D. in Brazilian History from Indiana University. Grover works as the subject area librarian for Latin America at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Grover is the author of several books related to the LDS Church and Brazil and at times focusing more broadly on Latin America and religion in general. He has compiled multiple bibliographies related to the LDS Church in Latin America and Mexican-Americans in Utah.