Perry Deane Young

Perry Deane Young (March 27, 1941 – January 1, 2019) was a journalist, author, playwright, historian, and professional gardener. He was the author of Two of the Missing, about fellow journalists Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, who went missing during the Vietnam War and whose fates remain unknown, and the co-author of The David Kopay Story, a biography of 1970's professional football player David Kopay, who revealed in 1975 that he was gay. near Asheville, the youngest of 13 children. His mother was Rheba Maphry Tipton Young. with the intention of later writing a book about the disappearance of Flynn and Stone. For a time, Young and Kopay lived together in Washington, D.C.

A Killing Cure, about Evelyn Walker's malpractice suit against psychiatrist Zane Parzen, was published in 1982. In a 1998 profile, Young revealed that "[the] book made no money at all, and it was a disaster."

Published works

Books

(with David Kopay; originally published in 1977) (reissued 2005 by iUniverse)

(with Evelyn Walker)

Plays Frankie, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre August 2001 (with William Gregg) Mountain of Hope, SART, July 7, 2004 (with William Gregg) Home Again, July 29, 2009 (with William Gregg)