Anson Cameron

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]

References

  1. ^ "Anson Cameron-The Drum". The Drum Opinion. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b Keenan, Catherine (12 September 2009). "The art of theft". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Melbourne Writers Festival-Anson Cameron". Melbourne Writers Festival. 2012. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.