Kenneth Oppel

Kenneth Oppel ( born August 31, 1967 in Port Alberni, British Columbia) is a Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer.

Kenneth Oppel grew up in Victoria and Halifax, spent part of his youth but also in Labrador, England and Ireland. During his high school years he wrote at age 15 his first children's book Colin 's Fantastic Video Adventure. A friend sent the manuscript to the agent by Roald Dahl, who helped the book for publication (1985). After studying at the University of Toronto (English and Film Studies ) and a short stint at a publisher Oppel opted for a career as a writer. Oppel lives with his wife Philippa Sheppard and his three children in Toronto, Ontario.

His most famous work is the bat - books that tell the adventures of young bats in three volumes in child-friendly language and have some fantasy elements. The fourth book in the series, Darkwing, is 65 million years in the past and tells how the first bat discovers that she has the gift of flight.

The latest books Oppel act of the youth Victor Frankenstein, the Oppel processed free after the original version of Mary Shelley in a trilogy. Two of the three planned volumes have already appeared.

Works

• Colin 's Fantastic Video Adventure, 1985
• Cosimo Cat, 1990
• The Live - Forever Machine, 1990
• Dead Water Zone, 1992
• Follow the Star, 1992
• Cosmic Snapshots, 1993
• Galactical Snapshots, 1993
• Emma's Emu, 1999
• Peg and the Whale, 2000
• The Devil's Cure, 2000 (Eng. The work of the Devil, translated by Lore Straßl, ISBN 978-3404149292 )
• Half Brother, 2011

The Bat - books

• Bat Trilogy ( translated by Klaus Weimann ) Silverwing, 1997 ( German silver wings, ISBN 3-89106-406-3 )
• Sunwing, 1999 ( German solar wings, ISBN 3-89106-412-8 )
• Firewing, 2002 ( German fire wings, ISBN 3-89106-429-2 ) Anthology of the first two novels: The Shadow Saga, 2011 ISBN 978-3-407-74243-8.

The Airborn series

• Airborn, 2004 (Eng. clouds Panther, 2005, translated by Anja Hansen -Schmidt, ISBN 978-3-407-80941-4 )
• Skybreaker, 2006 (Eng. clouds pirates, 2006, translated by Anna Blankenburg, ISBN 978-3-407-80981-0 )
• Star Climber, 2009 (Eng. starfighter, 2010, translated by Gerold Anrich and Martina Instinsky - Anrich, ISBN 978-3-407-81068-7 )

The Frankenstein series

• This Dark Endeavor, 2011 (Eng. Gloomy request: The true story of Victor Frankenstein, 2012, translated by Gerold Anrich, ISBN 978-3407811219 )
• Search Wicked Intent, 2012 ( dt A dark Wille: The fate of brothers Frankenstein, 2013, translated by Gerold Anrich, ISBN 978-3407811332 )

Awards

• ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2005 Airborne, also on the honor list for the Michael L. Printz Award 2005 and shortlisted for the Waterstone 's Children 's Book Prize 2005