Stephen Reid

Quick Facts

Full Name	Stephen Reid
Occupation	Canadian writer
Date Of Birth	Mar 13, 1950(1950-03-13)
Age	74
Date Of Death	June 12, 2018, Haida Gwaii, Canada
Birthplace	Ontario
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Pisces

Stephen Reid Biography

Stephen Reid is one of the most popular and richest Canadian writer who was born on March 13, 1950 in Ontario, Canada.

Stephen Reid (March 13, 1950 – June 12, 2018) was a Canadian criminal and writer, who was a member of the notorious Stopwatch Gang and was also convicted twice of bank robbery. Reid served time in over 20 prisons in Canada and the United States.

Reid was released on full parole in June 1987. He lived with Musgrave and her daughters in Sidney, British Columbia, teaching creative writing at Camosun College and working as a youth counsellor in the Northwest Territories. He became addicted to heroin and cocaine and, in June 1999, committed another bank robbery, in Victoria, British Columbia, and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. He was granted parole in February 2014.

Stephen Reid Net Worth

Stephen Reid is one of the richest Canadian writer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stephen Reid 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Reid was born in Massey, Ontario, on March 13, 1950, and is of Irish and Ojibwa descent. Reid, working with fellow Canadians Paddy Mitchell, and Lionel Wright stole approximately $15 million—mainly in the 1970s and 1980s—from more than 140 banks and other sites across Canada and the U.S. The Stopwatch Gang, which was famous for its speedy heists—including the 1974 robbery of $750,000 in gold bars from the Ottawa Airport—was named for a stopwatch Reid wore around his neck. They successfully completed a $750,000 gold heist in 1974 from the Ottawa airport. They were arrested after that robbery and all escaped from prison by 1979. Later in 1980, Reid was arrested in Arizona, and began writing in 1984 while serving a 21-year prison sentence at the Kent Institution in Agassiz, British Columbia. During his first sentence, he submitted a manuscript to Susan Musgrave, then writer-in-residence at the University of Waterloo. Thus developed an ongoing correspondence, and they married in 1986 at Kent. He published his first novel, Jackrabbit Parole, that year.

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Who is Stephen Reid Dating?

According to our records, Stephen Reid married to Susan Musgrave. As of December 1, 2023, Stephen Reid’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Steve Ranked on the list of most popular Canadian writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Stephen Reid celebrates birthday on March 13 of every year.