About David Bly
David Bly was born and raised in Magrath, Alberta. After a 2 1/2-year mission in Africa for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he studied journalism at Ricks College in Rexburg Idaho, where he met and married Janet Barnhurst of Springfield, Oregon. When he was a reporter and photographer for the Rexburg Standard & Journal, he was asked to produce a photograph and a famous quote for the editorial page. Under the pressure of deadlines, he found it easier to write his own quotes, and In the Mind's Eye was born. It has appeared in newspapers in the U.S. and Canada for more than 30 years.
He has published three collections from In the Mindıs Eye: Shadows and Light, Journeys Worth Taking, and Steps Along the Way.
He is also the author of The McIntyre Liar, a young adult novel that won three awards and is studied in junior high schools in western Canada.
He and Janet have six children and 16 grandchildren (at last count), giving him an almost unending supply of young subjects for his photographs. He has worked for the Rexburg Standard & Journal, the Salt Lake City Deseret News, the Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald, the Taber (Alberta) Times and Lethbridge Community College. For 17 years, he worked for the Calgary Herald, the last five as heritage writer.
Afflicted by a growing addiction to a desert climate, he retired from the Calgary Herald in 2006 and accepted the position of editor and general manager of the Desert Valley Times in Mesquite, Nevada.
He has published three collections from In the Mindıs Eye: Shadows and Light, Journeys Worth Taking, and Steps Along the Way.
He is also the author of The McIntyre Liar, a young adult novel that won three awards and is studied in junior high schools in western Canada.
He and Janet have six children and 16 grandchildren (at last count), giving him an almost unending supply of young subjects for his photographs. He has worked for the Rexburg Standard & Journal, the Salt Lake City Deseret News, the Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald, the Taber (Alberta) Times and Lethbridge Community College. For 17 years, he worked for the Calgary Herald, the last five as heritage writer.
Afflicted by a growing addiction to a desert climate, he retired from the Calgary Herald in 2006 and accepted the position of editor and general manager of the Desert Valley Times in Mesquite, Nevada.