Kenneth Oppel

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-10-21

Kenneth Oppel is a Canadian author of numerous books for young readers who lives with his family in Toronto. He got his career opportunity through a family friend who knew Roald Dahl and passed his early writing to Dahl's literary agent, which gave him the confidence to write for a living. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy, begun in 1997 and continued with Sunwing and Firewing and the prequel Darkwing, has sold over a million copies worldwide and was adapted into an animated television series and a stage play. Airborn won the Michael L. Printz Honor and the Governor General's Literary Award for children's literature, and its sequel, Skybreaker, was a New York Times bestseller named Children's Novel of the Year by The Times of London. He is also the author of Half Brother, This Dark Endeavour, The Boundless, The Nest, Inkling, the Bloom trilogy and Ghostlight.

Universe(s)

Books

• Silverwing (1997) · Silverwing Core Canon
• Sunwing (1999) · Silverwing Core Canon
• Firewing (2002) · Silverwing Core Canon
• Darkwing (2007) · Silverwing Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 4 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 3 (2 won, 1 finalist mention)

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