Kenneth Oppel (born August 31, 1967) is a Canadian children's writer.
7-456: (Redirected from Silver Wing ) Silverwing or Silver Wing may refer to: Silverwing, a series of children's novels by Kenneth Oppel Silverwing (TV series) , a 2003 animated TV series based on the first book in the novel series Silverwing (band) , later known as Pet Hate, a 1980s British heavy metal band "Silverwing", a song by Arch Enemy from Burning Bridges Silverwing, one of
14-703: A number of books during that period, gleaning several ideas while working at typing students' papers. From 1995 to 1996, Oppel worked as an editor at Quill & Quire , the trade magazine of the Canadian publishing industry. He wrote four books for the Silverwing novel series : Silverwing , Sunwing , Firewing and Darkwing . He also wrote another series, the Matt Cruse saga, including Airborn (2004), Skybreaker (2005) and Starclimber (2008). Oppel has won numerous literary awards, including
21-667: The 2004 Governor General's Literary Award for English language children's literature, a Printz Honor Award from the American Library Association (both for Airborn ) and The Times Children's Novel of 2005 (for Skybreaker , named a 2006 Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association ). Oppel is married to Philippa Sheppard, a Shakespeare scholar and instructor at the University of Toronto. The novel series
28-541: The NBA's Steve Nash and Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield . Oppel forwarded the newly completed manuscript to a family friend who knew Roald Dahl , who in turn recommended it to his agent. Oppel went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts degree in cinema studies and English at Trinity College in the University of Toronto , writing The Live-Forever Machine (1992) during his final year. Oppel moved to England and wrote
35-534: The dragons named in the A Song of Ice and Fire books by George R. R. Martin Silver Wing Medal , a Philippine military decoration Silver Wing Service, a luxury air service offered by Imperial Airways Honda Silver Wing (disambiguation) , a line of motorcycles and scooters See also [ edit ] Silver Wings (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
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49-610: Was born in Port Alberni , and spent his childhood in Victoria, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia . He also lived in Newfoundland and Labrador , England, and Ireland. In 1985, Oppel wrote his first book Colin's Fantastic Video Adventure , while at St. Michaels University School . He attended at the same time as actors Andrew Sabiston and Leslie Hope , fellow writers John Burns and Bert Archer , and just before
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