Dog's Purpose (Cameron) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—1960
• Where—Petosky, Michigan, USA
• Education—West Minster College
• Awards—(for journalism: see below)
• Currently—lives in California


William Bruce Cameron is an American author, columnist, and humorist. He is most famous for his novel A Dog's Purpose (2010) which spent 52 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and is the first book in a two book series that concludes with A Dog's Journey.

 A Dog's Purpose, both hard- and soft-cover, spent a year on the New York Times Bestseller list. It became the basis for the 2017 film with Dennis Quaid, Britt Robertson, Peggy Lipton, K.J. Apa, Juilet Rylance, Luke Kirby, John Ortiz and Pooch Hall.

Cameron is also the author of the best-selling self-improvement book, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2011) which was later adapted into the ABC sitcom of the same name that aired between 2002 and 2005. His book, 8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter, released in 2008, already had a Hollywood movie deal before its publication, with 89 Films and Wendy Finerman, producer of The Devil Wears Prada.

Cameron is the author of How to Remodel a Man (2004), which was excerpted (before publication) in the August 2005 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, and was the subject of the November 1, 2005 Oprah Show.

He is also a columnist for Hawaii's MidWeek Newspaper, with his "8 Simple Rules" column named after his bestselling, a humorous cautionary tales and memories of his life.

Awards
2006 - Robert Benchley Society Award for Humor
2006 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists Award for Best Humor
2011 - Columnist of the Year National Society of Newspaper Columnists. (Author bio adapted from Wikipedia. Retrieved 2/1/2017.)