Reid was a columnist at
The Herald in Glasgow and a former associate editor of
The Sunday Mail before joining
The Times and reporting and commentating from
Scotland. Reid said of her writing: "A lot of people take inspiration from it. I have a black sense of humour, I think you have to have in this situation. You have to try to keep going and tell it like it is." Reid co-wrote actor
Gregor Fisher's 2015 autobiography
The Boy from Nowhere. A tie-in documentary,
In Search of Gregor Fisher, broadcast on
BBC One Scotland, followed Reid and Fisher during part of their research for the book. Reid's memoir
The World I Fell Out Of was published in 2019 by
4th Estate (HarperCollins) and won the
Saltire Non Fiction Book of the Year Award. She was named 2011 Columnist of the Year in the
British Press Awards, and in 2012 she was awarded
broadsheet Columnist of the Year. Her column generates hundreds of letters, emails and comments every week. In June 2014, Reid received an honorary degree from the
University of Stirling "in recognition of her contribution to journalism, to disability rights and awareness, and for being an inspirational example of human resilience and dignity". Reid was appointed
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the
2016 Birthday Honours for services to journalism and to people with disabilities. She was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022. ==Personal life==