I paint and take photographs I write I travel. The book’s world is drawn from my memory of that place, though the characters are a product of my imagination.Īs much as I enjoyed my thirty years working in schools throughout British Columbia, I love being retired. I spent my teen years and began teaching at twenty in Salmon Arm, the small rural community in the interior of British Columbia which is the setting of my first Young Adult novel, The Way It Is. English and Fine Arts, my two academic majors, continue to be my focus. I paint and take photographs I write Today, I’m a retired elementary school teacher and Principal with ancient degrees from The University of British Columbia - Bachelor of Education (Elementary), and Simon Fraser University – Master of Education (Administration). As much as I enjoyed my thirty years working in schools throughout British Columbia, I love being retired. The book’s world is drawn from my memory of that place, though the characters are a product of my imagination.

Today, I’m a retired elementary school teacher and Principal with ancient degrees from The University of British Columbia - Bachelor of Education (Elementary), and Simon Fraser University – Master of Education (Administration).

The Way It Is by Donalda Reid