title: Kenneth Tam
text: # Kenneth Tam
  
  Kenneth Tam (born 1984 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian science-fiction author. His best-known works include The Equations Novels and the Defense Command series. He is the son of fellow Canadian author Jacqui Tam. He is a graduate student at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo, Ontario.
  
  Tam has been an author guest at the Polaris Science Fiction Convention for six consecutive years, and a guest at the Sci-Fi on the Rock convention for its first three years.
  
  ## Awards
  
  In 2002, Tam won the Governor General's Academic Medal for exceptional achievement in high school. In 2006 Kenneth was awarded a Balsillie Fellowship at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and worked for Canadian former ambassador to the United Nations, Paul Heinbecker.
  
  