Kenneth Andrew Attiwill MC (23 September 1906 – 4 August 1992) was an Australian journalist, writer, playwright and scriptwriter.

His parents were Alfred Charles Attiwill, a post-office employee, and his wife Edna Marie, née Clark.

Mrs Clark, Attiwill's maternal grandmother, encouraged her grandsons to become writers.

His brother, Keith Gordon Attiwill (1899–1975) was also a journalist in Melbourne, where he became Chief of Staff at the Argus.

Attiwill left for Europe as a crewman in the Finnish sailing ship Archibald Russell in 1929.