Yá’át’ééh, Brian Young yinishyé.
T’áchiinii nishłį́.
Ta’neeszahnii báshíshchíín.
T’ódích’íinii da shicheii.
Ts’ah Yisk’idnii da shinálí.
Tséhootsooí dę́ę́’ naashá.
Brooklyn, New York, da shighan.
Hello, my name is Brian Young. I am Red-Running-Into-Red Clan and born for the Tangle People Clan. My maternal grandfather’s clan is Bitter Water. My paternal grandfather’s clan is Sage Hill Clan. I am enrolled with the Navajo Nation and grew up in Fort Defiance, Arizona. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York.
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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.
Brian Young is a graduate of both Yale University and Columbia University. He is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. He enjoys reading, watching movies, playing video games (when he has time), and keeping physically active.
