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Jeremy Cameron (author)

Jeremy Cameron (1947–2023) was a British probation officer and author.

Biography

Cameron is most famous for his Nicky Burkett series of stories: Vinnie Got Blown Away, It Was an Accident, Wider Than Walthamstow,[1] Brown Bread in Wengen and Hell on Hoe Street.

It Was An Accident was later turned into a film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton.[2]

Cameron was signed with publishing houses: Hope Road Publishing[3] and L.R. Price Publications.[4] He also self-published several non-fiction works.

Cameron died suddenly in 2023, at the age of 76.[5]

His final novel, A Norfolk Man, was posthumously published on 12th May 2024.

References

  1. ^ "Crime novels inspired by probation worker's time in Walthamstow to be reissued". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. ^ Hüseyin, Metin (27 October 2000), It Was an Accident, retrieved 28 August 2016
  3. ^ "Hell on Hoe Street by Jeremy Cameron - 9781908446466". www.hoperoadpublishing.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. ^ "L.R. PRICE PUBLICATIONS". lrpricepublications.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. ^ Gough, Mick (16 February 2024). "Jeremy Cameron obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2024.


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