Young, Margaret Blair, 1955-
Dates
- Existence: 1955-
- Usage: 1955
Biography
Margaret Blair Young (1955-) is an author, film maker, and writer who has taught at Brigham Young University for thirty years.
Margaret Blair Young was born in 1955 to Robert Blair and Julia Groberg Blair and has lived most of her life in Utah. She is married to Bruce Wilson Young, who is an English professor, and is the mother of four children. Young earned her B.A. at Brigham Young University (BYU) in theatre and cinematic arts in 1979. She later earned her M.A. at BYU in 1988 in creative writing. Young taught writing classes at Brigham Young University for over thirty years, retiring in 2018. She has written several articles and books, including "House Without Walls" (1991), "Salvador" (1992), and "Heresies of Nature" (2002). She has also helped write and produce films and documentaries including "Jane Manning James: Your Sister in the Gospel" (2005), which was shown at several film festivals and on PBS, and "Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons" (2008). She specializes in African-American history in Utah and the American West and worked with Darius Gray on several projects about the stories of African-American Latter-day Saints. Her writing has received several awards. She was also a member of the Association for Mormon Letters. She retired from teaching at BYU in 2018. Currently, her work focuses on reviving the film industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Citation:
Wikipedia.org, May 10, 2019 (Margaret Blair Young was born in 1955 and has lived most of her life in Utah. She is married to Bruce Wilson Young, English professor, and is the mother of four children. Young is the author of several novels including house without walls (1991), salvador (1992), and heresies of nature (2002). She also helped to write and direct the documentary Jane Manning James: Your Sister in the Gospel (2005) which was shown at several film festivals and on PBS. Currently her work focuses on reviving the film industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)Margaret Blair Young papers, approximately 1962-2018 (Margaret Blair Young; Member of the Association for Mormon Letters)
Her Land of my fathers, c1991:CIP t.p. (Margaret Blair Young) data sheet (Margaret Jean Blair Young, b. 1955)