John Sacret Young

John Sacret Young is an author, producer, director, and screenwriter. Young has been nominated for seven Emmys and seven Writers Guild of America Awards, winning two WGA Awards. Elmore Leonard said of Young's first memoir: "Young writes so well his memoir works as a novel. He brings to life real people in dramatic situations, with indelible grace and the restless energy of emotions that even the passage of time cannot quell." The New Yorker called him "a writer of effortless dexterity and a...See more

John Sacret Young is an author, producer, director, and screenwriter. Young has been nominated for seven Emmys and seven Writers Guild of America Awards, winning two WGA Awards. Elmore Leonard said of Young's first memoir: "Young writes so well his memoir works as a novel. He brings to life real people in dramatic situations, with indelible grace and the restless energy of emotions that even the passage of time cannot quell." The New Yorker called him "a writer of effortless dexterity and a true, unaffected originality . . . The story he tells cuts right to the bone." See less