Charles Reid was born in London, England's East End and immigrated to Canada in 1975. A longstanding interest in heroes and military subjects inspired many of the articles he has written for newspapers and military magazines.

He published his first young adult novel, Hurricanes over London [See review below] followed by the first young adult novel about the Avro Arrow project of the late 1950s, Chasing the Arrow (Beach Holme, 2004). It's the story of the top-secret attempts to build a new fighter jet from the perspective of a boy whose single-parent mother is an engineer for the manufacturer. The novel wasn't released until 2005.

Reid lives in Lantzville on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

BOOKS:
Ghost of Heroes Past. (Ronsdale, 2010). 978-1-55380-102-3 : $10.95.

Chasing the Arrow. (Beach Holme, 2004). 0888784392 : $9.95.

Hurricanes over London. (Ronsdale, 2001). 0921870825 : $8.95


[BCBW 2010] "Kidlit" "Aviation"