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)
  • The Thumb in the Box - 2001
  • Thumb on a Diamond - 2006
  • Thumb and the Bad Guys - 2010

References

  • Hamilton Public Library website