William Bruce Cameron is an internationally known humor columnist

Journalist

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. Cameron attended Westminster College. He is the author

Author

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 of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, a best selling self-improvement book

Book

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 adapted to the short-lived ABC sitcom

8 Simple Rules

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 which aired from 2002 to 2005. His newest book, 8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter, released in the spring of 2008, already had a Hollywood movie deal before its publication date, with 26 Films and Wendy Finerman

Wendy Finerman

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, producer of The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada (film)

The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs, a recent college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant to powerful and demanding fashion magazine...

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He is author of How to Remodel a Man, which was excerpted in the August 2005 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

O, The Oprah Magazine

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, and was the subject of the November 1, 2005 Oprah Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show

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His novel A Dog's Purpose was published July 2010 by Tom Doherty Associates

Tor Books

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. It was 19 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in its hardcover release. The softcover version will be released May 24, 2011.

Awards

• 2011: Columnist of the Year National Society of Newspaper Columnists
• 2006: The Robert Benchley
  Robert Benchley
  Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor...
  
   Society Award for Humor
• 2006: The National Society of Newspaper Columnists Award for Best Humor.

External links

• Cameron's official web site
• Short autobiography by the author at his web site