Sue Cameron

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Author Sue Cameron gives new meaning to the name writer-journalist. Since her graduation from USC's Journalism School she has been a daily columnist and TV editor for the Hollywood Reporter, columnist for TV Guide and HAMPTONS, a newspaper editor, a magazine editor, director of daytime program development for ABC Network, and is an original founder of Women in Film. She has written over 2500 columns and interviews reporting on Hollywood celebrities and business stories.

Her blog, cameroncolumn.blogspot.com is widely read, and she spends much of her time now on the sea lecturing about Hollywood for the top cruise lines. In 2014, she visited over 12 countries.

Cameron has appeared as a Hollywood commentator on "Dateline NBC," the "E Channel," Maury Povich, "Entertainment Tonight," CNN's Show Biz Today," "Inside Edition," A & E’s Biography, and many others, including numerous radio shows. She was a regular on KCAL-TV’s daily show "Live in L.A." covering the entertainment industry. She also had her own radio show heard every Sunday on KABC.

She has been an Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing at Pepperdine University, and her articles have appeared in Cosmopolitan, Movieline, Los Angeles, California Homes, Connoisseurs Guide, Hamptons, and other national magazines. While at ABC-TV she was responsible for putting the first game show with a woman host on the air. While at ABC, she created “Family Feud,” but, like all executives who sign a contract at the network, you cannot own your own ideas. She also supervised “General Hospital.”

Cameron was also a consultant to actors and entertainers. Some of her clients include Teri Hatcher, Lesley Ann Warren, Debbie Reynolds, Kim Novak, Valerie Harper, Lynda Carter, Phoebe Snow, Carole King, Dusty Springfield, and many more.

Her latest novel, “Hollywood Secrets and Scandals,” trended No. 1 on Apple News. She tells her personal stories about everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Carrie Fisher…James Brown to Sandra Dee…Veronica Lake to Nicole Kidman…Cher to the Manson Girls. “Hollywood Secrets and Scandals” was covered multiple times by PEOPLE.com, The “Daily Mail,” “Closer,” “American Cinematheque magazine,” and many other outlets. Cameron recently appeared on ABC’s “2020,” “Nightline,” and “ABC Evening News,” which did a show about the chapter in her book abut Rebecca Schaeffer. It was all prompted by ABC reading her book.

Cameron has also appeared in many documentaries, including Lynda Carter, Kim Novak, Dean Martin, Heidi Fleiss, “Dynasty,” Rebecca Schaeffer, Debbie Reynolds, Rick Nelson, and Carrie Fisher.

Her second novel, "Love, Sex & Murder," was published by Warner Books and sold to producer Douglas Cramer and NBC for a TV movie. Her first novel, "Honey Dust," was also published by Warner Books. The movie rights to "Honey Dust" were bought by Lifetime Productions. She also wrote a cookbook, "The New Bible Cookbook." She is busily working on her fifth book.

Cameron was the youngest reporter ever invited to join the Hollywood Women's Press Club. She was inducted into the WIF Legacy Hall of Fame, and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, AFTRA, and SAG. She is member of the L.A. Advisory Board for the Dream Foundation, a board member of C.O.A.C.H. for Kids, and a co-chair of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Southern California Leadership Council. In Palm Springs, she serves on the board of the Annenberg Theatre Council.