Donald Gordon Payne (3 January 1924 – 22 August 2018[1]) was an English author, most famous for his 1959 novel, Walkabout.
Payne enlisted in 1943 and served with the Fleet Air Arm as a pilot flying Fairey Swordfish during World War II, escorting convoys across the Atlantic and to Russia.
[2][3] In 1971, Walkabout was made into an acclaimed movie by the director Nicolas Roeg, featuring the British actress Jenny Agutter and Australian Indigenous actor David Gulpilil.
[citation needed] Payne mainly used the pseudonym Ian Cameron, under which he wrote many exploration and discovery nonfiction and fiction books.
[citation needed] Donald G. Payne was also a painter and keen gardener, and played tennis and lawn bowls.