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Biography / History

Lady Franklin’s Revenge: A True Story of Ambition, Obsession and the Remaking of Arctic History. HarperCollins Canada, Bantam/Transworld U.K., 2005.

Ancient Mariner: The Amazing Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Walked to the Arctic Ocean. HarperCollins Canada, Bantam/ Transworld U.K., Carroll & Grad U.S., 2003.

Fatal Passage: The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin. HarperCollins Canada, Bantam/ Transworld/Bantam U.K., Carroll & Graf U.S., 2001.

Other Nonfiction

Canada’s Undeclared War: Fighting Words From The Literary Trenches. Detselig Enterprises, 1991. An integrated collection of features and profiles that explores the politics of Canadian culture, this book won the Wilfred Eggleston Award as best non-fiction book of the year from the Writers' Guild of Alberta.

Going For Gold. Co-author with Catriona Le May Doan. McClelland & Stewart, 2002. This autobiography tells the story of the gold-medalist speed-skater who became known as the Fastest Woman on Ice. Publisher Douglas Gibson wanted 50,000 words in ten weeks, and Ken said: “Well, who you gonna call?”

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