Ken Chowder has written over 20 documentary films (and one feature film) broadcast on PBS, NBC, TBS, Discovery, A & E, and BBC, and has published three novels.

His credits include seven films for PBS' The American Experience, one for American Masters, and six National Geographic films. His films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary and named Best Documentary or Best History Film at many festivals, including the American Film Festival.

His articles have seen the light of print in Smithsonian, Audubon, Travel & Leisure, The New York Times Sophisticated Traveler, American Heritage, Modern Maturity, The New York Times, Geo, The [London] Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Geographical magazine, and even Reader's Digest.

His three novels were all published by Harper & Row — one is in Penguins, another was given the Harper-Saxton Prize, and a third was an Editors' Choice book at the New York Times and Washington Post. Extravagant reviews can be glimpsed on the Fiction page of this site.