Kenneth Oppel

Kenneth Oppel is a Canadian children's writer whose first book, Colin's Fantastic Video Adventure, was written while he was still at school. He is best known for the Silverwing novels and the Matt Cruse saga, which opens with Airborn; that book won the 2004 Governor General's Literary Award for English-language children's literature and a Printz Honor from the American Library Association. He has also written the Overthrow series, including Bloom, a near-future story about teenagers trying to stop an algae bloom that is choking the world's waterways.