Anson Cameron Explained

Anson Cameron is a Melbourne-based Australian author, born in Shepparton in 1961.[1]

His first published book was a collection of short stories, Nice Shootin' Cowboy. It was short-listed for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1997.[2] A short film Nice Shootin' Cowboy was based on the work.

His fifth book Stealing Picasso, published in 2009, is a fiction based around the actual theft of one of Pablo Picasso's The Weeping Woman series of paintings from the National Gallery of Victoria in 1986.[2]

He is a columnist for The Age.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anson Cameron-The Drum. The Drum Opinion. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130702193112/http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/anson-cameron-44396.html. 2 July 2013. dead.
  2. News: The art of theft. Keenan. Catherine. 12 September 2009. Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 18 June 2013.
  3. Web site: Melbourne Writers Festival-Anson Cameron . 2012 . . 18 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130516121523/http://www.mwf.com.au/2012/?name=Writer-Cameron-Anson . 16 May 2013 .