Margaret Blair Young

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Margaret Blair Young is an American author, filmmaker and writing instructor affiliated with Brigham Young University. Young is married to English professor Bruce Young.

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 also wrote and directed a 2005 television documentary based on the life of pioneer 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 the film.