Bill Cameron

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Portland, Oregon
About Me:
Bill Cameron is the author of the dark, Portland-based mysteries Lost Dog and Chasing Smoke. His stories have appeared in Spinetingler, Killer Year, and Portland Noir (2009).
I Am A:
Reader, Writer
Website:
http://www.billcameronmysteries.com
Books And Authors I Like:
No fair way to do this justice.

Comment Wall:

  • Laura Benedict

    Thanks for friending me. Congrats on "Lost Dog!"

    Mar 9, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    Thanks, Laura!

    Mar 9, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    I am a skeery boy! Bwa ha ha!

    Mar 10, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    Aye, JT, the beard has settled in for the long haul!

    Jim, I was born at The Jewish Hospital and lived off of Vine near the zoo as a baby. Then the family moved up to Dayton where I stayed till after college (which a few forays to other states here and there). I went to school at Miami and lived in Oxford for a couple years after, then moved back to Cincinnati for a few years in the late 80s. I lived in Walnut Hills a few blocks up from Eden Park,

    Then in 1990, I moved out to Portland, where I've lived ever since.

    Where are you at? I remember we chatted a bit about Cincy at Bouchercon, but I can't remember now where you said you were.

    Mar 13, 2007

  • Paul Guyot

    Forget the beard - where's the rest of your face?

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    Paul, I had a facendectomy. You know how they say always show your good side. I took the next step and got rid of the bad one. Though some would argue I choose wrong.

    Jim, that's just amazing. Brown County isn't the tules anymore? What is the world coming to?

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    Drive by wave back atcha. You gearing up for Lost Dog? I've got you in my cart at amazon :)

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    I'm having a hard time focusing, Lori. On anything! Thanks for carting me! :D

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Mary L. Wheeling

    Hello, friend!

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Angie

    Howdy, Bill. Dontcha think it's time to go public on Crimespace with the beard?!

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    Maybe.... Actually, I want a better picture. I might get one this weekend when I'm up at the cabin in the woods!

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Angie

    Show off.

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    haha

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Angie

    Ahahahahaha! LOVE the new pic, Bill. It's so...you.

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    Bill. Nice pic. Was that taken at the cocktail party at Bouchercon?

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    You know, Lori, I think it WAS!

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    What cons you going to this year?

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    Right now it's looking like ThrillerFest and B'Con. Juggling day job, plane fare, and the mad desire to do things resulting in pictures like this one --> isn't easy!

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Anne Frasier

    oh my god! i almost wet my pants looking at your photo! is that wrong of me to say that??? first i just kind of chuckled. then the longer i looked at it the harder i laughed.

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Jon Jordan

    Bill,

    That is the coolest T-Shirt ever.

    And I like the beard!

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    Anne, it's never wrong to tell a fella he made your pants wet. (Is it wrong of me to say that? 8-O )

    And thanks, Jon. I'm digging on the beard, and yes, this is the coolest t-shirt ever! :D

    Mar 18, 2007

  • Mary L. Wheeling

    Oh, Bill. Your new photo probably captures the WHOLE you, I'll bet? Saw on Angie's page that you're an Absalom, Absalom! fan. Ditto, ditto! Blew my freakin mind.

    Mar 18, 2007

  • Scott Hess

    Bill, thanks so much for taking the time to read and comment on my chapter. It really means a lot!

    The dirty-word beginning was insisted upon...INSISTED UPON...by a friend of mine (who's also a writer). He dared me and cajoled me to start with that word. It's always worried me a bit, so your comment that it works is worth its weight in gold. Again, thanks!

    Mar 18, 2007

  • Anne Frasier

    i wish i could grow a beard. :(

    Mar 18, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    Bill - you are right about Khan. See, women aren't the only ones who are tempted to get a boob job...

    My husband recently went the goatee route. We've been together for 23 years and I'm still not entirely used to it.

    How are you and your wife faring with yours?

    Mar 18, 2007

  • Brian Thornton

    Hi Bill- how did I know you'd be here? It's official, you can start the party now, folks, Cameron's here!

    Mar 19, 2007

  • Neil Plakcy

    Hey, Bill-- great hat! I think I saw one like that in the movie Fargo.

    Mar 25, 2007

  • Dave Bara

    Hey Bill! The hunt goes well. My novel is in the hands of the aquisitions editor at Medallion Press, so keep thinking good thoughts. Still a couple weeks before we can buy Lost Dog, huh? Can't come soon enough!

    Mar 30, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    Dave, I'd love to see you when I come up to Seattle Mystery Bookshop! April 21! :D

    Apr 3, 2007

  • Dave Bara

    Hey Bill, I'll put your signing on my calendar!

    db

    Apr 3, 2007

  • RJ

    Thanks for friending! I do love the hat. Does that help you think better? If so, I definitely need to get me one of those! That is so cool that your character is named RJ, maybe that's a sign that I should read the book???
    Have a great holiday weekend!

    Apr 7, 2007

  • Dave Bara

    Bill, what's news with Lost Dog? Got any numbers yet? How did the SMB signing go?

    db

    Apr 25, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    I've not heard much yet. It may be a while before I get actual numbers though. I'll have to dig out my contract again, but I think I recall something about a report every six months. Unless I'm delirious, which I might be. I've had an awful cold for the last few days, which has made my brain hurt.

    Apr 25, 2007

  • Laura Benedict

    Even though I saw you often during T'fest, I still think of you in that darned hat! My 7 year-old has one with fur-lined earflaps. Stylin'!

    Glad we got to meet. See you in Anchorage, right?

    Jul 17, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    Indeedy, I shall be in Anchorage. And since it will be September I will bring the hat. Maybe it will even be cool enough out to wear it, unlike NY in July!

    Good to meet you too, Laura! What a weekend, eh?

    Jul 17, 2007

  • Carla Harker

    Your picture makes me think of Adam Baldwin as Jayne Cobb in Firefly (my favorite character of a superior cast of characters.)

    Thanks for the add.

    Jul 27, 2007

  • Naomi Hirahara

    Bill--

    Just heard part of your podcast interview with B&B. Loved the comment about the integration of theme and looking at your navel! I'm a thematic writer as well. The use of theme is sometimes belittled in mystery circles, but when I heard the late Dennis Lynds talk about theme, I thought, aha, I'm not alone!

    My interest is peaked enough that I want to pick up LOST DOG. Take care and good luck with the next one.

    Aug 28, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Bill,

    I will always hold what we had in Alaska close to my heart.

    Nov 14, 2007

  • Kelli Stanley

    OK, where's the hat? It's the season for it, finally, and is it on the page? No. How do we know you're the real Bill Cameron and not some sort of apocalyptic doppelganger?

    Dec 4, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    I like the idea of being an apocalyptic doppelganger.

    Dec 4, 2007

  • Olav Guldbrandsen

    Hi there Bill. Thanks for responding. I see your Lost Dog gets great mention on amazon. hope things are working out for you.

    Dec 6, 2007

  • Sophie Littlefield

    Bill - I finally had a chance to read Lost Dog! I'm almost done, and it's *wonderful*!!!
    Great job.
    - Sophie

    Dec 10, 2007

  • Ken Isaacson

    Well, hello there Bill. Denver bound, by any chance?

    Dec 28, 2007

  • Maryann Mercer

    My kids are in Portland. Great city...and a grand city for writers :o)

    Dec 28, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Congrats on the nomination, sir!!!

    Jan 10, 2008

  • Sandra Ruttan

    Congratulations Bill. May this be but the beginning of the nominations.

    Jan 11, 2008

  • L.J. Sellers

    Hello fellow Oregonian
    Congratulations on your success. I've been
    hearing good things about Lost Dog.

    Feb 25, 2008

  • Grant McKenzie

    Hey Bill: Even though my debut thriller, Switch, is being launched in the UK, it is actually set in Portland, Oregon.

    Mar 14, 2008

  • Grant McKenzie

    Now there's the rub ;-)
    I'm busy wrapping up final line edits for the end of March so that Bantam (who bought World English rights) can dazzle international buyers at the London Book Fair, April 14-16. Keep your fingers crossed, but that's when I'm hoping I land a U.S. distributor and as many other countries as will have me ;-)

    Mar 14, 2008

  • Richard Krauss

    I met you the other night at Powell's book signing. I'm about 2/3 into Lost Dog and loving it!

    Apr 17, 2008