Claire Cameron is a novelist and writer, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Globe and Mail, and The Rumpus. She worked as a wilderness instructor for Outward Bound and in the early 1990s led canoe trips at a summer camp in Algonquin Park in Canada. This story is inspired by her experiences there. She now lives in Toronto with her husband and two children.
The Bear had me up all night... Claire Cameron is an absolute master * Herman Koch, Author of The Dinner * This expertly crafted novel could do for camping what Jaws did for swimming.This agonizing odyssey of loss and being lost also has humor...The book's anguished yet hopeful ending provides a touching terminus for Anna and Stick's journey to adulthood * People * A taut and touching story of how a child's love and denial become survival skills -- Charlotte Rogan, author of The Lifeboat Stylistically impressive and deeply moving * Glamour * Bold...shocking...distinctive...the reward is striking images that stick in the mind, a blend of Anna's interpretations of events and the reader's imagination. It was even more haunting the second time around * Independent *