David Boyd

One of Canada's distinguished writers is David Boyd, who was born on 7 March 1951 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. He received his primary and secondary education in the public schools of his community, before entering Mount Allison University in Sackville. He graduated there with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Even before he graduated, Boyd was employed as a teacher at Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario. He now resides in St. Stephen, New Brunswick.

Being a full-time children’s story author, Boyd has written numerous children's novels. His works include 'The Face in the Flames', published in 1989, which was reprinted in 1998. 'Bottom Drawer' is another of his titles, published in 1996 and nominated for the Governor General’s award. Other works by Boyd include 'The Hidden Message', 'Hannibal', 'Marco Polo and the Roc', 'Pearl Harbour', and others. Boyd also wrote the Wordsy and Jess series, which consists of three books, written in just two months with the use of a Macintosh computer.

Boyd boasts of being a persistent traveller. He recounts having been to 150 castles, cathedrals, and palaces, as well as to various great houses in England, Wales, and Scotland. These adventures have been published in the form of a children’s time travel series, entitled 'The Adventures of Milo the Wonderdog'. Aside from being a children’s novelist, Boyd is also a playwright and an historical novelist, as evidenced by his adaptation of Shakespeare’s 'Macbeth'.