Career
He has authored many books and articles on Asian traditional medicine and self-healing methods. Daniel Reid spent his childhood in East Africa. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian studies at the University of California, Berkeley in 1970, and a Masters of Arts degree in Chinese Language and Civilization at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1973.
From 1989-1999 Daniel Reid lived in Chiang Mai,, where he wrote most of his best books
In 2008, Reid relocated to Dali, Yunnan, China and now lives between China and his home in Byron Bay.