About Ken Van Camp
Ken Van Camp is an award-winning author, voiceover artist, audiobook producer, software engineer, blogger, podcaster, and the author of Keke's Guide to Training Your Human
Freelance Writer:
Ken Van Camp is an award-winning freelance writer. He writes fiction and creative non-fiction, and is the author of Keke’s Guide to Training Your Human, a blog and podcast written from a dog’s perspective (and now a book too).
Other than Keke’s blog, Ken wrote the following recently published stories:
Tech and Me, June 2024: Open Source: The Free Software That Isn’t
Highly Recommended, May 2024: The Introduction of Burnt Marshmallows to Denmark
Illumination’s Mirror, May 2024: My Daughter is NOT Getting Married Again This Year
New Writers Welcome, March 2024: How to Increase Readership on Your Blog or Other New Medium Publication
Good Vibes Club, February 2024: How Can One Person Feed a Million Starving Children?
Illumination, February 2024: They Couldn’t Hear Until He Listened to Them
A Smiling World, February 2024: Ballad of the Sandhill Cranes
Illumination, February 2024: Harmony on the Hull
Good Vibes Club, November 2023: The Secret of “Remember Who You Are”
MuddyUm, October 2023: New York: A Helluva Town
Good Vibes Club, September 2023: Changes in Attitude
Good Vibes Club, September 2023: I Got Puppy Scammed and Lived to Write About It
Good Old Boat, July/August 2023: All in the Family
Small Craft Advisor, June 2023: Sailing as a Lifetime Teacher
Small Craft Advisor, April 2023: Rhapsody on Lake Harris
Hallard Press, February 2023: New York: A Helluva Town
The Florida Writer, February 2023: This is Where Beauty Lives
Small Craft Advisor, Sep/Oct 2022: Return to Mullet Key Bayou
Good Old Boat, July/August 2022: Ramping Up
Good Old Boat, July/August 2022: Changes in Attitude
Messing About in Boats, November 2021: I Almost Didn’t Go Sailing Today
Voiceover Artist:
Ken is an experienced voiceover artist and sound engineer.
He is the voice of the podcast Keke’s Guide to Training Your Human. Listen to a sample episode on this website or search for “Keke’s Guide” on your favorite podcast player.
He narrated and engineered the following audiobook:
Audible February 2023: Marooned in 1799: A Time Travel Novel, written by Bill Hurst, narrated by Ken Van Camp
Software Engineer:
Ken is a senior Java and Python developer focused on highly distributed applications and micro-service architecture, including AWS serverless/lambdas. He has a strong background in software security, agile, test-driven development and continuous integration, object-oriented analysis, framework design, and architecture.
Check out his tech posts on Medium:
Open Source: The Free Software That Isn’t
AWS lambda now supports partial batch failures. But is it the best approach?
“Keke is a sharp-witted sprite whose commentary has an unusual slant—hers. I might not have her low vantage point, but I get her point of view. Every story is an adventure.”
Barbara Rein, award-winning author of Tales from the Eerie Canal
"Ever wondered what your dog is thinking? Just when I'd convinced myself that ignorance is bliss, Ken Van Camp's delightful book offered a new perspective. Written with charm and humor, it delves into the inner life of dogs and their remarkable bond with humans. I've often avoided similar books and movies, finding them overly sentimental or saccharine. Van Camp's book is a refreshing change. Intelligent and witty, it offers fresh, thought-provoking insights. The storytelling and pictures are excellent too."
- Van White
" By turns funny, witty, and heartwarming, Ugly Dog Sweaters and Other Indignities is so pawsitively fetching you'll want to dig into every page!"
- Jody Perkins