ts . ▁ ▁Among ▁those ▁present ▁at ▁Sign ature ▁Books ▁in ception ▁were ▁George ▁D . ▁Smith ▁and ▁Scott ▁Ken ney , ▁assist ed ▁by ▁a ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁composed ▁of ▁histor ians ▁and ▁business ▁leaders : ▁Eug ene ▁E . ▁Campbell , ▁Ever ett ▁L . ▁Co ole y , ▁David ▁L ison be e , ▁D . ▁Michael ▁Qu inn , ▁Allen ▁D ale ▁Roberts , ▁and ▁Richard ▁S . ▁Van ▁W agon er ; ▁and ▁an ▁editor ial ▁board ▁consisting ▁of ▁Lav ina ▁Field ing ▁Anderson , ▁Ma ure en ▁Urs en bach ▁Be e cher , ▁Davis ▁Bit ton , ▁Or son ▁Scott ▁Card , ▁and ▁Jay ▁Par ry . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁Ken ny ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁invest ors ▁created ▁Sign ature ▁Books . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁they ▁published ▁their ▁first ▁book , ▁the ▁sat ire ▁Sain ts pe ak ▁by ▁Or son ▁Scott ▁Card . ▁ ▁Several ▁of ▁Sign ature ▁Books ' ▁publications ▁have ▁won ▁awards ▁from ▁the ▁Association ▁for ▁M orm on ▁Let ters , ▁the ▁John ▁Whit mer ▁Historical ▁Association , ▁the ▁M orm on ▁History ▁Association , ▁the ▁Mountain ▁West ▁Center ▁for ▁Western ▁Studies , ▁and ▁the ▁Ut ah ▁Center ▁for ▁the ▁Book . ▁ ▁Pres ent ▁Sign ature ▁Books ▁produces ▁from ▁eight ▁to ▁ten ▁books ▁a ▁year , ▁which ▁deal ▁with ▁topics ▁of ▁western ▁and ▁M orm on ▁history , ▁fiction , ▁ess ay , ▁humor ▁and ▁art . ▁Among ▁these ▁are ▁the ▁di aries