CLAIRE CAMERON was born in 1973 and grew up in Toronto. She studied history at Queen s Universityand then worked as an instructor for Outward Bound, teaching mountaineering, climbing and whitewaterrafting in Oregon. Moving to London in 1999, she founded Shift Media, a consultancy withclients including the BBC, McGraw-Hill and Oxford University Press. Claire now lives in Toronto withher husband and son. The Line Painter is her first novel.Visit claire-cameron.com and watch an interview with the author.