Peter Cameron (born November 29, 1959) is an American novelist and short-story writer. Several of his works have been adapted into films. Cameron was born and raised in the Pompton Plains section of Pequannock Township, New Jersey. He graduated in English literature in 1982 from Hamilton College. Cameron lived in Pompton Plains, London, and, later, New York City. In 1983, he published his first short story (Memorial Day) in The New Yorker; he then continued to contribute to the magazine in the following years. His first book was a collection of short stories entitled One Way or Another, published by Harper & Row in 1986. His debut novel Leap Year was published by Harper & Row in 1990. His second novel, The Weekend, was edited in 1994 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and adapted as the Brian Skeet film of the same name released in November 2000. In 1997, Farrar, Straus and Giroux published Cameron's next novel, Andorra, and The City of Your Final Destination in 2002, (which in 2009 was adapted into a film of the same name directed by James Ivory). In October 2007, Cameron's young adult novel Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You was published, and in October 2012 it was adapted into a film of the same name. In March 2012, he published Coral Glynn. His last novel, What Happens at Night, was published by Catapult in August 2020. More information...
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