Jeremy Cameron
Author, Activist, Walker
Jeremy Cameron (1947–2023) was a British probation officer, Union official, sportsman, long distance walker, and author.*
For a collection of tributes and photographs, you can download a PDF of his book of remembrance here:
Cameron is most famous for his Nicky Burkett series of stories: Vinnie Got Blown Away, It Was an Accident, Wider Than Walthamstow, Brown Bread in Wengen and Hell on Hoe Street.
In 2000, It Was An Accident was turned into a film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton.
Cameron was signed with publishing houses: Hope Road Publishing and L.R. Price Publications. He also self-published several non-fiction works.
His final novel, A Norfolk Man, was posthumously published on 12th May 2024.
Books
Fiction
The Nicky Burkett Series
- Vinnie Got Blown Away
- It Was An Accident
- Hell on Hoe Street
- Brown Bread in Wengen
- Wider Than Walthamstow
Other works of fiction
Non-Fiction
Travel Writing
Never Again: A walk from Hook of Holland to Istanbul
Quite Quintessential: A walk around Britain to all the places beginning with ‘Q’
Tennis and Cricket
How To Be President (of the Norfolk Lawn Tennis Association)
Life Begins
A Season in West Norfolk
The Probation Service
Tales from the Probation Service
*He was also my uncle, which is why my site is currently hosting his, as we lost access to his original website after his death.