Emma Lou Warner Thayne (October 22, 1924 – December 6, 2014) was a poet and novelist who was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, counted as one of the 75 most significant. Thayne graduated from the University of Utah in 1945. She would later return there to coach tennis and teach English. In the late 1960s, she completed a master's degree at the University of Utah. She was on the faculty over 30 years. In 1949, she married Mel Thayne; they became the parents of five daughters. Thayne wrote the words to the hymn "Where Can I Turn for Peace".