What is Scott Young (writer)?
{{Infobox person | name = Scott Young | image = | birth_name = Scott Alexander Young | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=y|1918|4|14}} | birth_place = [[Cypress River, Manitoba]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|2005|6|12|1918|4|14}} | death_place = [[Kingston, Ontario]] | known_for = | alma_mater = | employer = | residence = | relations = | years_active = | occupation = journalist, sportswriter, author, broadcaster }} '''Scott Alexander Young''' (April 14, 1918 &ndash; June 12, 2005) was a [[Canadian]] [[journalist]], sportswriter, [[novelist]] and the father of musicians [[Neil Young]] and Astrid Young.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+F+1134?SESSIONSEARCH|title=Archives of Ontario : Scott Young fonds|website=ao.minisisinc.com|access-date=2016-10-25|archive-date=2013-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011061430/http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+F+1134?SESSIONSEARCH|url-status=dead}}</ref> Over his career, Young wrote 45 books, including novels and non-fiction for adult and youth audiences. ==Early life== Born in [[Cypress River, Manitoba]], Young grew up in nearby [[Glenboro, Manitoba]], where his father, Percy Andrew Young, owned a drug store. His mother was Jean Ferguson Paterson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/06-002.htm|title=Young, Scott fonds|work=trentu.ca}}</ref> After his father went broke in 1926, the family moved to [[Winnipeg]], but were unable to afford to stay there. His parents separated in 1930, and he went to live with an aunt and uncle in [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan]], for a year before moving back to Winnipeg to live with his mother. He left high school at 16 and began working for a tobacco wholesaler. Young began writing while in his teens, submitting stories to various publications, most of which were rejected. At the age of 18, in 1936, he was hired as a copyboy at the [[Winnipeg Free Press]] and was soon made sports re