Anne Cameron August 20, 1938 in Nanaimo

Nanaimo, British Columbia

Nanaimo is a city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It has been dubbed the "Bathtub Racing Capital of the World" and "Harbour City". Nanaimo is also sometimes referred to as the "Hub City" because of its central location on Vancouver Island and due to the layout of the downtown...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

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) is a Canadian

Canada

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 novelist, poet, screenwriter and short story writer. Much of her work is inspired by Northwest Coast First Nations

First Nations

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 mythology and culture.

An out lesbian

Lesbian

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, Cameron lives with her partner in Tahsis, British Columbia. She has previously lived in Powell River

Powell River, British Columbia

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 and has spent most of her life on Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

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Film

• Ticket to Heaven
  Ticket to Heaven
  Ticket to Heaven is a 1981 Canadian film about the recruiting of a man into a group portrayed to be a cult, and his life in the group until forcibly extracted by his family and friends. The film was directed by Ralph L. Thomas...
  
  (1981)
• Dreamspeaker
• Drying Up The Streets
• A Matter of Choice
• The Tin Flute (adaptation of a novel by Gabrieller Roy)
• Mistress Madeline
• Bomb Squad

Fiction

• Dreamspeaker
  Dreamspeaker
  Dreamspeaker is a novel by Canadian author Anne Cameron also known as Cam Hubert. It was first published in 1978 by Clarke, Irwin & Company....
  
  (1979)
• Daughters of Copper Woman (1981)
• The Journey (1982)
• Dzelarhons: Mythology of the Northwest Coast (1986)
• Child of Her People (1987)
• Stubby Amberchuk & The Holy Grail (1987)
• Tales of the Cairds (1989)
• Women, Kids & Huckleberry Wine (1989)
• South of an Unnamed Creek (1989)
• Bright's Crossing (1990)
• Escape to Beulah (1990)
• Kick the Can (1991)
• A Whole Brass Band (1992)
• Wedding Cakes, Rats and Rodeo Queens (1994)
• DeeJay & Betty (1994)
• The Whole Fam Damily (1995)
• Selkie (1996)
• Aftermath (1999)
• Those Lancasters (2000)
• Sarah's Children (2001)
• Hardscratch Row (2002)
• Family Resemblances (2003)
• Dahlia Cassidy (2004)

Children's books

• How Raven Freed the Moon (1985)
• How the Loon Lost her Voice (1985)
• Raven Returns the Water (1987)
• Orca's Song (1987)
• Lazy Boy (1988)
• Spider Woman (1988)
• Raven & Snipe (1991)
• Raven Goes Berrypicking (1991)
• The Gumboot Geese (1992)
• T'aal: The One Who Takes Bad Children (1998)
• "The Most Beautiful Place in the World" (1998)

Awards

1972 Alberta Poetry Competition
1973 Bliss Carman Award for Poetry, Banff School of Fine Arts
1973 Alberta Poetry Competition 1979 Gibson’s Literary Award
1979 Etrog for best Screenplay - Dreamspeaker
In 1968, a bronze award statuette was designed by sculptor Sorel Etrog and the award was often referred to as an 'Etrog'. The awards were formally renamed Genie Awards in 1980.
1981 Nominated Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay - Ticket to Heaven
1987 Gemini Award for Best Pay Television Dramatic Series- Mistress Madeline

• Nominated, "Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
  Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
  The Genie Award for Best Screenplay is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian screenplay.The award's presentation has not always been consistent — in some years, a single award for Best Screenplay has been presented, while in other years separate awards have...
  
  " - Ticket to Heaven
  Ticket to Heaven
  Ticket to Heaven is a 1981 Canadian film about the recruiting of a man into a group portrayed to be a cult, and his life in the group until forcibly extracted by his family and friends. The film was directed by Ralph L. Thomas...
  
  

Winner of the 16th George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award. For more information http://www.abcbookworld.com