Here is another article about my book from the Carleton Place Canadian.  Click to view.

An article has been written about me in the Newmarket Era Banner. Click here to download (.pdf format).

Here is an older but still relevant article about me from the Toronto Star.  Click here to download (.pdf format).

I have been featured in the Pembroke Observer.  Click here to download the article (.pdf format).

Here is the content of an article written about my book published in the Bradford Times on January 28, 2010.

A number of local residents have tried their hand at authorship – in some cases, self-publishing, in an effort to see their work in print and reach a larger audience. The results have been mixed, so it’s exciting to come across a local author who has come out with an interesting, inspirational and well-written book.

The author is Steve Beriault, a Newmarket resident, life-long Type 1 diabetic who lost both of his legs to the disease, and is best known locally for his fundraising efforts, through his “Steel Legs Walks.” His new book, Tales in the Insulin Vial, is a combination of autobiography and fiction, that looks at the challenges that diabetics face – from ostracism in childhood, and the pain of injection, to insulin shock, blindness, amputation, heart disease, dialysis, and kidney transplantation.

Beriault says, “There is an underlying warrior mentality in the book. It assumes that the diabetic is at war with a “beast or demon.” It shows no mercy and it is relentless in its pursuit to destroy the diabetic’s quality of life, and finally, kill them.”

Now 58, Beriault has waged his own war against diabetes since being diagnosed at the age of 2 – and has never allowed the “beast” to prevent him from participating fully in life. He has always had a love of sports, participated in a kayak trip that traced the route of the Voyageurs in western Canada, and was the first diabetic to cycle across Canada, from Vancouver to St. John’s – in addition to his fundraising walks.

Married, Beriault and wife Maria have two children – one of whom also has been diagnosed with Type 1 or Juvenile Diabetes, and who was one of the reasons the author was inspired to put together this book. Beriault was also driven by the realization that diabetes has reached epidemic proportions. An estimated 240 million people world-wide are now believed  to suffer from the disease.

The information contained in the stories and parables is immediate, interesting, and educational. “I haven’t found another book like this in my review of diabetes literature,” he says. “These tales take you from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood, and show the challenges the diabetic condition presents, and how those challenges were met.”

Tales in the Insulin Vial, subtitled “Stories for diabetics and their families,” was published by Raider Publishing International, New York in hardback, November 2009, and is available at bookstores, or online from Amazon.ca (ISBN-10: 1616670215).

“I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes) in my second year and I decided to write these stories in my 57th year. Because I was diagnosed so young, I can’t remember my first insulin injection – but I bet it hurt me. I know I must have cried. I am sure my parents wept as well to know their son would spend the rest of his life performing this life-saving ritual. I can’t remember my first hypoglycemic episode either, but I know my parents were frightened when it happened. But despite all the things I can’t remember in the beginning, I have lived a full life rich in loving memories of my family, friends and what I have accomplished despite my disease. I want to share those memories with you and hope they inspire you as they have others.” – Steve Beriault, in the Preface to Tales in the Insulin Vial.