I was hiking a five-day loop - alone - in the Rocky Mountains when I rounded the switchback and saw a large body on the trail ahead. It had brown fur with a cinnamon tinge that was draped across dense,… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
I cried most days working on the first draft. The last scenes were the hardest. I had a feeling where I wanted to end - the exact note - but I couldn't see how to get there. Sarah Murphy, my… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
What sets 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' apart is Riggs's use of 'found' photographs as a spark of inspiration for the narrative. 'Found'… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
I would have liked to be on the streets of Manhattan during 9/11. My working theory is that people are much kinder to each… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
“There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the survival, the only meaning. The… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
I would get a lot of writing done if I lived in isolation in a cave under a swamp. — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
While 'Visitation Street' has the markings of a traditional whodunnit mystery - starting with a missing girl, intrigue and many suspicious characters - Pochoda… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
I was haunted by a bear attack that happened in Algonquin Park in 1991. The problem was that I don't believe in ghosts, so… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
“Words could be empty. It was the return of a gesture that held meaning. And” — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor. — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing 'The Bear.' I thought,… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
Many of my favorite survivors in fiction show that it may not be the most muscled, macho or mighty people who pull through. A… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
A young woman hiking alone in the mountains sounds dangerous. In the pre-cell phone era maybe it was, but I'll stop short of calling… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
