Keith Carlton Robertson (May 9, 1914 – September 23, 1991) was an American writer of children's books and murder mysteries.

He attributed his initial decision to study at the academy to a "fanatical aversion to washing dishes."

He said, "When I discovered that midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy did not wash dishes but were gentlemen by act of Congress, I promptly applied for entrance.

As a member of the Rutgers University Council on Children's Literature, he was active in encouraging aspiring authors.

[9] Another Henry Reed book, Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service, also won this award,[9] along with the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers' Choice Award, in 1969.