Terence Young (born 1953) is a Canadian writer.Adrian Chamberlain, "CBC nods for Dad, daughter". Victoria Times-Colonist, March 6, 2012. He is most noted for his poetry collection The Island in Winter, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1999 Governor General's Awards"7 B.C. writers up for G-G awards". Vancouver Sun, October 20, 1999. and for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2000."The lists are in: Prizes, prizes and more prizes". Vancouver Sun, April 8, 2000.

The Island in Winter was his debut poetry collection. The following year he published his first short story collection, Rhymes with Useless.K. Gordon Neufeld, "Top-notch storyteller has a great future". Edmonton Journal, October 29, 2000. He followed up with the novel After Goodlake's in 2004,Vivian Moreau, "Terence Young: He's so-o-o-o perfect yet manages to be interesting". Victoria Times-Colonist, May 30, 2004. the poetry collection Moving Day in 2006,"Author knows about writing". Victoria News, October 20, 2006. and the short story collection The End of the Ice Age in 2010.Matthew R. Loney, "The End of the Ice Age". Broken Pencil, Issue 49 (Fall 2010).

Rhymes with Useless was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2001,"Writers' Union of Canada names contenders for Danuta Gleed Literary Award". National Post, April 3, 2001. After Goodlake's won the city of Victoria's Butler Book Prize in 2005,Jim Gibson, "Well-placed novel wins city honour". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 28, 2005. and Moving Day was a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2007."National contenders vying for B.C. prize". Victoria Times-Colonist, March 8, 2007.

He is married to poet Patricia Young.Katherine Dedyna, "Husband and wife vie for city book prize". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 10, 2007. Their daughter Clea Young is also a writer, whose debut short story collection Teardown was published in 2016.M. A. C. Farrant, "Review: Clea Young's short stories are as smart as they are astute". Vancouver Sun, November 19, 2016.

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