Billy Young is a father of two children, Tammy and Calum. He has worked in many fields throughout his life as well as spending many years trying to find work. Writing has always been a part of his life from an early age but he only published his first children's book, Teddy the Bear, in 2007; originally a story written for his son to scare away the monsters under the bed. He has been with his partner Margaret or Magz as he calls her, since 1993.

He has stayed most of his life in Scotland where he was born on June 8th, 1967; though he did live in Liverpool for four years during the late 1980s. Of all the job he has done throughout his life, he said that the one he enjoyed most, apart from writing, was working at a local theme park where he was often known to make up stories to entertain the customers.