JULIA CAMERON

:''For the influential 19th century British photographer, see Julia Margaret Cameron''
'Julia Cameron' (born 4 March, 1948 in Illinois) is an American author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and composer. She is perhaps most famous for her book ''The Artist's Way'' (1992), though she has written many other non-fiction works, short stories, award-winning essays and hard-hitting political journalism, as well as novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays.

Contents

Biography

Bibliography

Nonfiction

Fiction

Musicals

Plays

Poetry

External links

Biography

Cameron was raised Catholic in a book-filled home. She started college at Georgetown University, then transferred to Fordham, drinking, experiencing memory blackouts, but maintaining an excellent GPA. A prolific writer since age 18, she started her journalism career at the Washington Post, then moved on to Rolling Stone.^[1]
She met Martin Scorsese (also Catholic, who had seriously considered the priesthood, and was enrollend briefly in seminary) at Rolling Stone. They married in 1975 and later divorced; Cameron was Scorsese's second wife. They have one daughter, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, born in 1976. Cameron and Scorsese collaborated on three films. Cameron's play, ''God's Will'', is based on the Cameron-Scorsese marriage and divorce, lampooning a divorced, self-centered show business couple who die unexpectedly and end up fighting in heaven over what will happen to their daughter.;^[1]
In Cameron's memoir ''Floor Samples'', the editor's review states: Cameron "reveals the dark side of her privileged life: her descent into alcoholic blackouts and drug-induced paranoia as well as descriptions of her bouts with psychosis." ^[1] in 1978, reaching a point in her life when writing and drinking could no longer coexist,.^[1] Cameron stopped the drugs and alcohol, found God, and started a daily writing quota that propelled her to fame.^[1] She states creativity is an authentic spiritual path. Her work has been accepted by Buddhists, Sufis, Roman Catholics, Church of Religious Science, Unity, and British Wiccans.^[1]
Cameron is also a teacher, having taught at The Smithsonian, Esalen, and Northwestern University as writer in residence for film.^[1]
Cameron has lived in Los Angeles, Chicago, Taos, and Washington D.C., but now calls New York City home.

Bibliography

Nonfiction

★ ''The Writing Diet: Write yourself Right-Size'' (Tarcher, 2007; ISBN 1585425710 )

★ ''Floor Sample'' (Tarcher, 2006; ISBN 1-58542-494-3), a memoir

★ ''How to Avoid Making Art '' (2006; ISBN 1-58542-438-2), illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron

★ ''The Sound of Paper'' (Tarcher, 2004; Hardcover ISBN 1-58542-288-6)

★ ''Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties'' (Tarcher, 2003; Rev&Updtd edition ISBN 1-58542-212-6)

★ ''Walking in this World'' (Tarcher, 2003; Reprint edition ISBN 1-58542-261-4)

★ ''The Artist's Way, 10th Annv edition'' (Tarcher, 2002; ISBN 1-58542-146-4)

★ ''Inspirations: Meditations from The Artist's Way'' (Tarcher, 2001;ISBN 1-58542-102-2)

★ ''God is Dog Spelled Backwards'' (Tarcher, 2000; ISBN 158542062X)

★ ''God is No Laughing Matter'' (Tarcher, 2000; ISBN 1585420654}

★ ''Supplies: A Pilot's Manual for Creative Flight'' (2000)

★ ''The Artist's Date Book'' (Tarcher, 1999; ISBN 0874776538 ), illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron Evans

★ ''Money Drunk Money Sober'' (Ballantine Wellspring, 1999; ISBN 0345432657)

★ ''The Writing Life'' (Sounds True, 1999; ISBN 1564557251)

★ ''Transitions'' (Tarcher, 1999; ISBN 0-87477-995-2)

★ ''The Artist's Way at Work'' (Pan, 1998; ISBN 0330373196)

★ ''Blessings'' (Tarcher, 1998; ISBN 0-87477-906-5)

★ ''The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life'' (Tarcher, 1998; ISBN 1-58542-009-3)

★ ''Heart Steps'' (Tarcher, 1997; ISBN 0-87477-899-9)

★ ''The Vein of Gold'' (1997; ISBN 0-87477-836-0)

★ ''The Artist's Way Morning Pages Journal'' (Tarcher, 1995; ISBN 0-87477-886-7)

★ ''The Money Drunk'' (1993)

★ ''The Artist's Way'' (1992)

Fiction

★ ''Popcorn: Hollywood Stories'' (Really Great Books, 2000; ISBN 1-893329-12-7)

★ ''The Dark Room'' (Carroll & Graf Pub,1998; ISBN 0-7867-0564-7)

Musicals

★ ''Avalon''

★ ''Magellan''

★ ''Medium at Large''

Plays

★ ''Four Roses''

★ ''Public Lives''

★ ''The Animal in the Trees''

Poetry

★ ''This Earth'' (Sounds True, 1997; ISBN 1564555496)

★ ''Prayers for the little ones'' (Renaissance Books, 1999; ISBN 1580630480)

★ ''Prayers to the nature spirits'' (Renaissance Books, 1999; ISBN 1580630472

★ ''The Quiet Animal''

External links

★ The Artist's Way web site

★ Artist's Way At Work web site, by Mark Bryan