Dr Bonnie J Macmillan

Bonnie Macmillan is an educational psychologist who is fascinated with learning about the most effective ways to teach children to read. She completed three degrees - a Bachelor of Education, a Masters of Arts, and a PhD - all in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

She has spent over 30 years working in the field of education, teaching young children and conducting experimental research on learning and memory, children's brain development, causes and cures of dyslexia, and sex differences in reading ability.

A mother of two and a grandmother of four, she now lives in France where she continues to be somewhat fixated on all aspects of learning to read.