Brian Young

Author and filmmaker, Brian Young is a graduate of both Yale University with a Bachelor’s in Film Studies and Columbia University with a Master’s in Creative Writing Fiction. An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, he grew up on the Navajo Reservation but now currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. As an undergraduate, Brian won a fellowship with the prestigious Sundance Ford Foundation with one of his feature length scripts. He has worked on several short films including Tsídii Nááts’íílid (Sid-dee Naw-see-lid) – Rainbow Bird and A Conversation on Race with Native Americans for the short documentary series produced by the New York Times. He was a participant of the 6th Annual Native American TV Writer’s Lab with the Native American Media Alliance, where he learned to write Television Scripts. He has published two M iddle Grade novels, Healer of the Water Monster and Heroes of the Water Monster, a Young Adult novel Shards of Silence, as well as contributed short stories to Ancestor Approved, A Little Bit Super, and Legendary Frybread Drive-In. In addition to writing, Brian has worked as a cultural consultant on Jamie Lee Curtis and Russell Goldman’s graphic novel, Mother Nature, and other works. His next book is an adult murder mystery set for summer 2027 publication.