Ken Roberts

Ken Roberts (born 1946) is a Canadian librarian and children's writer who lives in Nanaimo, BC.

Biography Ken Roberts is the former Chief Librarian of the Hamilton Public Library. He has also been a finalist for the Christie Book Award and for the Canadian Children's Book of the Year. His book The Thumb in the Box received a starred review in The Horn Book. Another children's novel, Hiccup Champion of the World, has been translated into a number of languages.

Ken won the Canadian Association of Public Libraries' Outstanding Service Award in 2001 and the Hamilton Public Library system won the Ontario Library Association's President's Award for Exceptional Achievement in 2002.

Ken is a past president of the Canadian Library Association.

Works Crazy Ideas - 1984 Pop Bottles - 1987 Hiccup Champion of the World - 1988 Jacques Cartier - 1988 Nothing Wright - 1991 Past Tense - 1994 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)