Margaret Blair Young

Margaret Blair Young (born 1955) is an American author, filmmaker and writing instructor affiliated with Brigham Young University.

Biography

Young is married to English professor Bruce Young. They are the parents of four children.

Her most recent works are a fictional trilogy of historical fiction about Black Mormon pioneers titled Standing on the Promises, co-authored with Darius Gray. She scripted and helped direct a 2005 television documentary based on the life of [Jane Elizabeth Manning James]], "Jane Manning James: Your Sister in the Gospel." The 20 minute documentary has been shown at This Is The Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City, Utah, the 2005 annual conference of the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), and on public television (PBS). Documentary filmmaker Scott Freebairn produced and directed the film. More recently, Young served as the project director for the Utah chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society's film The Wisdom of our Years. In 2008, Young and Gray completed a long documentary titled Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons, which has been shown on PBS stations,in film festivals, and on the Documentary Channel. Her award-winning play, I Am Jane, also about Black Mormon pioneer Jane Manning James, has been produced throughout the country. Young has also authored encyclopedia articles on Blacks in the western United States, and is the president of the Association for Mormon Letters.

Young received a bachelors degree in 1979 and a masters degree in 1988 from Brigham Young University.

See also

• LDS fiction

Sources

• Margaret Blair Young at the MLCA Database

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