James Sorel-Cameron

James Sorel-Cameron is an English author and former school teacher. He is the author of three novels and plans to write more in his retirement from teaching at the end of the 08/09 academic year.
Biography
Cameron was educated at Pangbourne Naval College, Bath Spa University, and University of East Anglia where he studied English Literature and completed an MA in Creative Writing. At the University of East Anglia, Cameron became friends with Kazuo Ishiguro. In school, he attended the Isle of Wight Festival where he became a fan of rock music. He used to smoke but stopped due to health concerns. He taught English at St. Bees School and King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon, England, but retired in 2009 to continue writing. He is happily married, and has five children, one of which is in a London based band called the Whole Schebang. He lives near the Salmon Tail in Stratford-upon-Avon
Novels
Sorel-Cameron is the author of three novels, written while living in the Lake District:
* Mag (Viking Penguin, 1990), ISBN 978-0-241-12800-8.
* A Generation of the Dark Heart (Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1992), ISBN 978-1-85619-094-7.
* Storm Blind (Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993), ISBN 978-1-85619-185-2.
Mag
A novel about the survival of a hunchback mute against appalling odds. Set in a dream world, it tells of Mag, the 16th daughter of an inn owner. Discarded and rejected because of her deformity, it is hoped she will die. Mag is placed by fate in the hands of a succession of odd and dramatic characters. It leads to an upbeat ending.
Publishers Weekly said "Sorel-Cameron's first effort is a painful example of a jolly good show."
A Generation of the Dark Heart
This novel of the future is related to Mag, a novel of the past. It draws a portrait of an obsessed dictator. Mark First is a small, stocky and strangely silent man, but nobody can help but become entranced by his penetrating stare and extraordinary self-assurance.
Storm Blind
Storm Blind is an examination of the sexual and psychological relationships in three marriages across three generations of a middle-class English family, from the pre-World War I union of an army officer and the daughter of a northern landed family.

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