William Bruce Cameron (born 1960 in Petoskey, Michigan) is an American author, columnist, and humorist. Cameron is most famous for his novel A Dog's Purpose,^[1] which spent 52 weeks on the NY Times bestseller list and is the first book in a two book series that concludes with A Dog's Journey.^[2] The book is the basis for the movie version^[3] starring Dennis Quaid, Britt Robertson, Peggy Lipton, K.J. Apa, Juilet Rylance, Luke Kirby, John Ortiz and Pooch Hall, an Amblin Entertainment/Walden Media release in theaters January 27, 2017.^[4]