Iain Reid


Iain Reid is a Canadian writer who won the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award in 2015., Reid's sister Eliza Reid is the First Lady of Iceland.

Writing career

Reid established his writing career by publishing articles and columns in national magazines and newspapers after graduating from college. He drew the attention of the National Post, garnering a weekly column assignment. In 2015 his work began appearing in The New Yorker.
Reid's first memoir, One Bird's Choice: A Year in the Life of an Over-educated, Underemployed Twentysomething Who Moves Back Home, was published in 2010, and was followed by The Truth About Luck: What I Learned on my Road Trip with Grandma in 2013. His debut novel, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, was published in 2016. It is being adapted into a film for Netflix by Charlie Kaufman.
Reid's second novel, Foe, was published by Simon and Schuster in 2018. The film rights have been purchased by Anonymous Content. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.

Non-fiction