Valerie Kuhn Reid

Valerie Kuhn Reid is a life-long reader, writer, educator, director, and performer. She was born and raised in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, one train stop west of Hinsdale. Valerie left the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in 1976 with a BS in Theatre and Education and headed to the seacoast town of Kennebunkport, Maine, where she has lived, raised a family, and taught school (most recently 20 years as Kennebunk High School's Theatre teacher and play director) ever since....See more

Valerie Kuhn Reid is a life-long reader, writer, educator, director, and performer. She was born and raised in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, one train stop west of Hinsdale. Valerie left the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in 1976 with a BS in Theatre and Education and headed to the seacoast town of Kennebunkport, Maine, where she has lived, raised a family, and taught school (most recently 20 years as Kennebunk High School's Theatre teacher and play director) ever since. At the age of 63, Valerie completed her MS in Writing and the Teaching of Writing, from the University of Maine at Orono, in conjunction with the Maine Writing Project. Although her short story "Moving On" appeared in Woman's World Magazine, and two others received honorable mentions in Writer's Digest Annual Competitions, this is Valerie's debut book. The mother of adult children-Matthew, Lance, and Laura-she resides in Arundel, Maine, with her husband, Bob Danzilo, and dog Minka, around the corner from her grandsons, Brooks and Boden. www.valeriekuhnreid.com See less