John Schreiber

John Schreiber grew up in coastal logging communities andfor five formative, young yearsin the North Thompson Valley north of Kamloops. He has worked extensively in the logging industry, in a mining camp, on a seine fishboat, in a pulp mill, as a parole officer and as a teacher-counselor for 27 years. Since the late '60s he has walked, driven and ridden through the Chilcotin region many times. Now retired, he lives in Victoria with his partner, Marne. His earlier collections of stories from the...See more

John Schreiber grew up in coastal logging communities andfor five formative, young yearsin the North Thompson Valley north of Kamloops. He has worked extensively in the logging industry, in a mining camp, on a seine fishboat, in a pulp mill, as a parole officer and as a teacher-counselor for 27 years. Since the late '60s he has walked, driven and ridden through the Chilcotin region many times. Now retired, he lives in Victoria with his partner, Marne. His earlier collections of stories from the Chilcotin include "Old Lives: In the Chilcotin Backcountry" (Caitlin Press, 2011) and "Stranger Wycott's Place" (New Star Books, 2008). See less