“I think good art should always be
entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a
writer has always been to tell a good story and give my readers a good time.” –
Kenneth Oppel
Born in Port Alberni, Canada in August
of 1967, Oppel has had a distinguished career as a children’s and young adult
writer. He holds the distinction of
winning both Canada’s Governor General's Literary Prize and the American
Library Association’s (ALA) Printz Honor Award twice, for the books Airborn and The
Times.
Oppel, who now lives in Toronto,
started writing as a teen, penning a humorous story about a boy addicted
to video games, leading to his first book Colin's Fantastic Video
Adventure published just as he was starting college. While
at the University of Toronto he wrote his second bestseller, The
Live-Forever Machine, in a creative writing class. His more recent works include Skybreaker,
named the ALA’s Best Book for Young Adults and his 2022 novel Ghostlight.
While his books are popular reads, only one has made it onto film -- a TV show based on his Silverwing series. He thinks it’s a
rare possibility for books to become movies.
“Realistically,” he said, “the chance of any book becoming a film is (very) slim.”
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