User:Kenedbarnes

About the Author
Kenneth Edward Barnes was born on April 4, 1951, along the banks of Little Pigeon Creek in the southern tip of Indiana, downstream from where Abraham Lincoln grew up. As a child, he loved fishing from the muddy banks of the creek and roaming in the nearby woods. He never missed a chance to be in the outdoors and seeing all of God’s creation.

Ken is a nationally published writer, poet and the author of seventeen books. Some of them are: In Search of a Golden Sparrow, Life on Pigeon Creek, Invasion of the Dregs, A Children’s Story Collection, Barnestorming the Outdoors, Poems from the Heart, Christ: His Words, His Life, Do Pets go to Heaven?, A Cabin in the Woods and several others, with two under different pennames. He’s been a member of Hoosier Outdoor Writers for over twenty years, where he has won awards for his writing. He has also been a guest speaker for the Boy Scouts, Daughters of the American Revolution, Teachers Reading Counsel, Kiwanis Club, and at several schools, libraries and churches.

He has been an Outdoor Columnist and Contributing Editor for several newspapers and magazines: Ohio Valley Sportsman, Kentucky Woods and Waters, Southern Indiana Outdoors, Fur-Fish-Game, Wild Outdoor World, Mid West Outdoors, and a hard cover book called From the Field. He has written for the Boonville Standard, Perry County News, Newburgh Register and Chandler Post. He has had poems published locally and nationally. One called The Stranger went to missionaries around the world. The poem, Princess, was also published locally and nationally, and won honorable mention in a national contest. His best-loved poem is called Condemned, and has been published by the tens of thousands. Most of the poems he has written are in his book, Poems from the Heart. His newest poems, along with his favorites, are in the E-book My Favorite Poems.

Studying nature since childhood, he is a self-taught ornithologist and a conservationist, and is Founder and President of the Golden Sparrow Nature Society. Ken loves to share his knowledge and love of nature, and it has been said that he is a walking encyclopedia on birds and animals.

As of May 2016, Ken has written 43 e-books and has 7 written seven (7) physical books. Children’s books, inspirational stories that touch the heart, Christian topics, outdoor adventures, and even stories of humor are some of the things the author writes about. Ken also writes about current events and hot topics such as: gun control, abortion, evolution, and bible study.

Ken has worked for an Evansville, Indiana, television station where he had outdoor news segments aired that he wrote, directed and edited. He also had film clips that were aired on the national television shows Real TV and Animal Planet.

He has followed his dream of being a writer and now lives in a cabin in the woods. Being an individualist, he cleared the land, dug a well by hand and built the house himself, which uses only solar electric. A recent book, A Cabin in the Woods is a biographical story, which tells of the struggles and hardships he faced in following his dream.

Newspaper articles and Television appearances
did an interview and lengthy story about Ken’s unique life as a “stay-at home-dad and a writer. The article said, “He is a modern day Mark Twain in his writing and his conversation. He writes in the down-to-earth style that Twain used to capture the heart of America.” The article also spoke about his first two books Life on Pigeon Creek and In Search of the Golden Sparrow that he was writing at the time.

did an interview and a front-page supplement story about Ken’s knowledge of birds and mentioned his book In Search of a Golden Sparrow.

covered a story about Ken’s poetry contest and his short play of one of his children’s poems, Pickle Nose and Butter Ears. The program was held at the Newburgh Public Library.

December 7, 2000: The national television show Real TV had a film clip that Ken sent in about two orphaned raccoons he raised.

June 2001: The national television program Animal Planet had a clip that Ken had sent in called Feeding Frenzy” and was about how fast ducks and chickens ate a piece of watermelon out of his hand while he filmed them.

had a short article promoting Ken’s first book signing at Barnes and Noble in Evansville, Indiana. The book was the first printing of In Search of the Golden Sparrow.

July 2002: WIKY radio station in Huntingburg, Indiana did an interview about Ken’s first book In Search of the Golden Sparrow.