A Canadian author of a score of works, Kenneth Oppel has written for a wide range of audiences, finding publishing success with everything from picture books and first readers to young adult and adult fiction. Best known for the "Silverwing Saga," a trilogy of books dealing with the adventures of the bat Shade, Oppel's work is both popular with readers--with over half a million copies sold--and respected by colleagues. Winner of numerous awards in Canada and the United States, Oppel's "writing is be autiful," noted a critic for Kirkus Reviews, while a Publishers Weekly contributor, reviewing Oppel's first adult title, commented that as "a prolific author of popular books for children and young adu lts, [Oppel] shows versatility and imaginative brio as he delves into adult fiction for the first time." In her Toronto Globe and Mail review of Dead Water Zone, his second novel for...