Dennis "D. C." Reid (born 5 August 1952) is a Canadian

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and

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writer. He also writes about fly fishing, high end automobiles, round the world yacht races and the human brain. The latter subject covers the last fifteen years of human brain science, creativity and how poets do their art. Born in

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, he lives in

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. Two of Reid's poetry collections, ''Love And Other Things That Hurt'' (1999) and ''The Hunger'' (2004) have been nominated for the

Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, established in 1986, is awarded annually to the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. One of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, the award was originally known as the B.C. Prize for Poet ...

. Reid's two websites are: www.catchsalmonbc.com, and www.dcreid.ca.

Bibliography

Poetry

*''The Women Who Surround Me'' - 1991 *''Open 24 Hours - 1997 *''Love and Other Things that Hurt'' - 1999 *''The Hunger'' - 2004 *''What It Means To Be Human'' - 2009

Novels

*''The Knife Behind the Gills'' - 1995

Non-Fiction

*''A History of the Salmon Arm Golf Course, 1928-1992'' - 1993 (with Todor Davies) *''How to Catch Salmon'' - 1995 *''Maximum Salmon'' - 2007 *''Fishing for Dreams: Notes from the Water's Edge'' - 2005 *''Vancouver Island Fishing Guide'' - 2008 *''Catch Fish Have Fun - BC's 52 Best Bets'' - 2011 - Kindle Single *''Catch Fish Have Fun - Langara Island BC'' - 2011 - Kindle Single 1952 births Living people Poets from Calgary Writers from Victoria, British Columbia 20th-century Canadian poets Canadian male poets 20th-century Canadian male writers Poets from British Columbia {{Canada-poet-stub