At age 18, Young received local press coverage when he became the first person in the city of Provo, Utah, to get in line for the opening of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

[1] Three years later, he repeated the stunt, camping out at the cinema three weeks before the opening of Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

[citation needed] In collaboration with Elias Pate and Derek Hunter, Young contributed to the comic book series Pirate Club, released quarterly by Slave Labor Graphics.

[6] His self-published novel Lost at the Con, as well as Operation Montauk, The Serpent's Head, and The Aeronaut from Silence in the Library publishing received positive reviews.

[citation needed] It was announced at New York Comic Con that he would be co-writing the Robotech role-playing game.