Fantasy · Humor · Heart · Music
It’s Always Time for a Quest
I’m Michael D. Young, author of family-friendly fantasy filled with footnotes, feelings, and dragon-adjacent complications. Begin with the original seven-book comedy, continue two centuries later with the darker comic magic of The Refried Trilogy, or launch into the 1980s science-fantasy continuation.
Clean adventures for young readers, adults, and families who still enjoy storming the castle together.
Which Quest Are You On?
Here for the Fantasy
Comedic quests, epic kingdoms hidden in music boxes, middle-grade adventures, and thrillers — all clean enough to hand to your kid and clever enough to keep for yourself.
Here for the Heart
Christmas carol devotionals, hymn histories, scripture studies, and stories from twenty years of singing with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.
Featured Fantasy Collection
A Wonderful Week for a Quest
Choose the complete seven-book comedic fantasy adventure—or begin with the audiobook that started the misadventure.
The Full Collection
Explore all seven quests, their reading order, characters, interviews, and gloriously unnecessary footnotes.
Listen to the Audiobook
Meet Jackdaw, Sir Roderick, Roddy Squires, and the rest of the questing party in a lively narrated adventure.
Written as David Michaels
Picture Books That Give Legends a Day Job
What happens when a leprechaun, Cupid, the Boogeyman, and other legendary characters need a career change? New Jobs for Mythical Characters is a playful collection of square picture books filled with rhyme, humor, heart, and delightfully impractical employment advice.
Music and Poetry
Explore musicals, sacred choral music, hymn writing, poetry, podcasts, and other creative projects.
Meet Michael
Author, composer, instructional designer, Tabernacle Choir member, and recovering community-theater ham.
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