Kenneth Oppel was born on 31 August 1967 in Port Alberni, British Columbia and grew up in Victoria, B.C. and Halifax, Nova Scotia. He earned a B.A. in cinema studies and English from the University of Toronto and currently lives in Toronto, Ontario. For more information, visit his official site.

Books by Kenneth Oppel

	1985 Colin's Fantastic Video Adventure (children)	Biblio.com
	1990 The Live-Forever Machine (young adult)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1990 Cosimo Cat (picture book)	Biblio.com
	1992 Dead Water Zone (young adult)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1992 Follow That Star (picture book)	Biblio.com
	1993 Galactic Snapshots (children)	Biblio.com
	1993 Cosmic Snapshots (children)	Biblio.com
	1994 A Bad Case of Ghosts (children)	Biblio.com
	1994 A Strange Case of Magic (children)	Biblio.com
	1994 A Crazy Case of Robots (children)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1994 An Incredible Case of Dinosaurs (children)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1995 Emma's Emu (children)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1996 A Weird Case of Super-Goo (children)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1997 Silverwing (young adult)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1999 Sunwing (young adult)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2000 The Devil's Cure (adult novel)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2000 Peg and the Whale (picture book)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2002 A Creepy Case of Vampires (children)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2002 Firewing (young adult)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2004 Airborn (young adult)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2004 Peg and the Yeti (picture book)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2005 Skybreaker (young adult)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2007 Darkwing (young adult)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2008 Starclimber (young adult)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2009 The King's Taster (children)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
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Awards

• Blue Spruce Award
  • 2010 – The King's Taster – Winner

• Governor General's Literary Award – Children's Literature
  • 2004 – Airborn – Winner

• Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
  • 2000 – Silverwing – Winner
  • 2001 – Sunwing – Shortlisted
  • 2004 – Firewing – Shortlisted

• Red Maple Award
  • 2000 – Sunwing – Shortlisted
  • 2003 – Firewing – Shortlisted
  • 2005 – Airborn – Winner
  • 2006 – Skybreaker – Winner
  • 2008 – Darkwing – Shortlisted
  • 2010 – Starclimber – Shortlisted

• Silver Birch Award
  • 1998 – Silverwing – Winner

• Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
  • 2006 Winner

• White Pine Award
  • 2002 – Dead Water Zone – Shortlisted

Added 17 March 2006.
Updated 22 March 2010.