W. Bruce Cameron

Author of A Dog's Purpose

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About the Author

W. Bruce Cameron was born in Petoskey, Michigan in 1960. He sold his first short story when he was 16 years old to The Kansas City Star and was paid $50.00. He graduated from Westminster College and became a freelance writer. He eventually took a string of day jobs to support his writing habit show more including driving an ambulance; repossessing cars; selling life insurance, wine making equipment, and men's clothing; programming computers, and analyzing financial statements. In 1995, he started an on-line Internet column, which became successful. He showed his columns to the Rocky Mountain News and in 1998 they began featuring him weekly in their Home Front section. He turned his "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" column into a book, which was published in 2001 and was turned into a hit television show in 2002. His other works include How to Remodel a Man, 8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter, A Dog's Purpose, A Dog's Journey, The Dogs of Christmas, and A Dog's Way Home. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: William B. Cameron, W. Bruce Cameron (Author)

Series

A Dog's Purpose

Ruddy McCann

A Dog's Way Home

A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tales

Lily to the Rescue

Works by W. Bruce Cameron

Popular Recent

A Dog's Purpose (2010) 3,889 copies, 179 reviews

A Dog's Journey (2012) 1,138 copies, 38 reviews

Ellies Story (2015) 1,051 copies, 5 reviews

Bailey's Story (2016) 942 copies, 4 reviews

A Dog's Way Home (2017) — Author — 764 copies, 15 reviews

Molly's Story: A Puppy Tale (2017) 672 copies, 1 review

Shelby's Story: A Dog's Way Home Tale (Dog's Purpose Puppy Tales) (2018) 464 copies, 3 reviews

Max's Story (Puppy Tales: A Dog's Purpose #4) (2018) 463 copies, 3 reviews

Toby's Story: A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tale (2019) 358 copies, 1 review

The Dogs of Christmas (2013) 331 copies, 16 reviews

The Dog Master: A Novel of the First Dog (2015) 288 copies, 12 reviews

Lily to the Rescue (Lily to the Rescue!, 1) (2019) 264 copies

The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man: A Novel (Ruddy McCann) (2014) 220 copies, 14 reviews

Emory's Gift: A Novel (2011) 217 copies, 21 reviews

Bella's Story: A Puppy Tale (2020) 213 copies

A Dog's Purpose [2017 film] (2017) — Author — 178 copies

A Dog's Promise (2020) 169 copies, 7 reviews

8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter (2001) 140 copies, 1 review

A Dog's Perfect Christmas (2020) 113 copies, 5 reviews

Lily to the Rescue: Two Little Piggies (Lily to the Rescue!, 2) (2020) 95 copies

Repo Madness: A Novel (Ruddy McCann) (2016) 72 copies, 4 reviews

A Dog's Courage (2021) 72 copies, 3 reviews

Lily to the Rescue: Lost Little Leopard (Lily to the Rescue!, 5) (2021) 56 copies, 1 review

How to Remodel a Man: Tips and Techniques on Accomplishing Something You Know Is Impossible but Want to Try Anyway (2004) 50 copies

Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog (2023) 46 copies, 1 review

Zeus: Water Rescue: Dogs with a Purpose (2023) 39 copies, 1 review

Lily to the Rescue: The Misfit Donkey (Lily to the Rescue!, 6) (2021) 38 copies, 1 review

Lily to the Rescue: Foxes in a Fix (Lily to the Rescue!, 7) (2021) 33 copies, 2 reviews

Cooper's Story: A Puppy Tale (2021) 32 copies, 1 review

Lily to the Rescue: The Not-So-Stinky Skunk (Lily to the Rescue!, 3) (2020) 31 copies

Lacey's Story: A Puppy Tale (2022) 26 copies

Lily to the Rescue: Dog Dog Goose (Lily to the Rescue!, 4) (2020) 23 copies

Lily to the Rescue: The Three Bears (Lily to the Rescue!, 8) (2022) 20 copies, 1 review

8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter: And Other Reasonable Advice from the Father of the Bride (Not that Anyone is… (2008) 17 copies

A Dog's Purpose Boxed Set (2014) 17 copies

My Three Dogs: A Novel (2024) 14 copies

The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man (2014) 12 copies

Reader's Digest Select Editions 2010 v06 #312 (2010) 11 copies

Zeus: Water Rescue (Dogs with a Purpose) (2024) 8 copies

Lily to the Rescue Bind-Up Books 1-3 (2022) 5 copies

Byl sobie pies (2017) 4 copies

Puppy Tales: A Dog's Purpose 4-Book Boxed Set: Ellie's Story, Bailey's Story, Molly's Story,… (2018) 4 copies

A Dad's Purpose: One Man's Search for the Reason Nobody is Listening to Him (2017) 3 copies, 1 review

A Promessa de Um Amigo (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 3 copies

Puppy Tales: A Dog's Purpose Collection: (Ellie's Story, Bailey's Story) (A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tales) (2016) 3 copies

Can Dostum (2013) 2 copies

The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man 2 copies

Puppy Tales: A Dog's Purpose Boxed Set: Ellie's Story, Bailey's Story, and Molly's Story (A Puppy Tale) (2017) 2 copies

Koera elu mõte (2017) 2 copies

Ein Versprechen auf vier Pfoten: Roman (2020) 1 copy

Ripley: Fire Station Five: Dogs with a Purpose (2024) 1 copy

Il ritorno di Bailey: Non c'è niente come l'amore di un cane (Italian Edition) 1 copy

Mollys Story: A Dogs Purpose Novel (2021) 1 copy

La razón de estar contigo. La Promesa / A Dog's Promise (LA RAZÓN DE ESTAR CONTIGO / A DOG'S PURPOSE) (Spanish… (2020) 1 copy

La razón de estar contigo. El regreso a casa (Usa) (Novela) (Spanish Edition) (2022) 1 copy

Suņa ceļojums (2013) 1 copy

KOERA LUBADUS 1 copy

Hành Trình Của Một Chú Chó 1 copy

En hunds bästa vän (2018) 1 copy

So erziehen Sie Ihren Mann (2006) 1 copy

Meu Amicão. Uma Policial de Quatro Patas - Coleção Quatro Vidas de Um Cachorro (2018) 1 copy

Misja na czterech lapach (2012) 1 copy

Lily to the Rescue Bind-Up Books 4-6 (2023) 1 copy

Cainele, adevaratul meu prieten (A Dog's Purpose, #1) 1 copy

Psiego najlepszego, czyli Byl sobie pies na swieta (2017) 1 copy

Ellie findet das Glück: Band 2 (2017) 1 copy

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Associated Works

RDSELP v181 The Orchard | Emory's Gift (2012) 15 copies

RDSELP v177 A Dog's Purpose | Sweet Misfortune (2012) 14 copies

RDSELP v214 A Dog's Way Home | Before You Go (2019) 7 copies

8 Simple Rules: Season 1 (2002) — Origianl book — 7 copies, 1 review

Reader's Digest Select Editions 2012 v03 #321 (2012) 5 copies

8 Simple Rules: Season 2 (2003) — Origianl book — 3 copies

8 Simple Rules: Season 3 (2004) — Origianl book — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1960-07-25
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Petoskey, Michigan, USA
Education: Westminster College
Occupations: columnist
Relationships: Michon, Cathryn (wife)
Organizations: Rocky Mountain News
Creators Syndicate

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Reviews

A Dog's Perfect Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron

A really adorable book. I like how the author painted such great personalities from gender as well as age differences. A feel good book that felt like a hallmark movie but with better acting LOL. Maybe a Spark novel.

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MammaP | 4 other reviews | Dec 8, 2024 |

A Dog's Promise: A Novel (A Dog's… by W. Bruce Cameron

Very sad book,.

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Renee88 | 6 other reviews | Nov 22, 2024 |

A dog's purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

A book that makes me cry this much is a great book. Funny and heartwarming. I'm going to hug my dog and never let go.

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EllAreBee | 178 other reviews | Nov 16, 2024 |

The Dogs of Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron

A sweet (mostly) holiday read where caring for dogs teaches a human lessons.

There are sad parts. Dogs are abandoned or returned to the shelter. Puppies are stillborn. Loving animals and then losing them (whether to death or adoption). But there are happy parts too. A dog who lost her own puppies becoming a foster dog mom to another litter of puppies. A sibling helps his blind brother. Unconditional love from dogs.

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JenniferRobb | 15 other reviews | Nov 9, 2024 |

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