Diana Reid

Like her son, Diana Reid is a genius--though her IQ is never mentioned. She raised Spencer as a single mother after her husband left her due to her schizophrenia. She read to Spencer often, enforcing his already growing intelligence. From her, Spencer learned that the best way to learn is to do "the research" on your own. Through the years, the reading time began to take place in her bedroom, where she spent most of her time on medication.

When Spencer was eighteen, he made the difficult decision to finally have her committed. She now resides in Bennington Sanitarium, where she receives a letter from her son everyday.