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 Museum of Victoria in 1986. [2] He is a columnist for the Melbourne Age.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Anson Cameron-The Drum". The Drum Opinion. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. Retrieved 18 June 2013.

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