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Firewing

Les voleurs de feu

by Kenneth Oppel

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list price: $16.99
edition:Paperback
published: 2010
ISBN:9781443103022
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While a fifteen-year-old student, Kenneth Oppel wrote his first children's novel, "Colin's Fantastic Video Adventure, " which was published in 1985. After graduating from high school, Oppel attended the University of Toronto, where he studied English and film. In addition to more than a dozen books for children and young adults, Oppel also writes original screenplays, which have been optioned by producers in London, Toronto, and Hollywood. In 1995 he won the Air Canada Literary Award for "a writer under 30 who shows outstanding promise in the field of literary creation." Oppel currently lives in Toronto.

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Kenneth Oppel a seulement douze ans lorsqu'il décide de devenir auteur. Il fait ses débuts en écrivant des romans de science-fiction, puis se lance dans l'écriture de contes de sorciers. L'année où il finit ses études secondaires, son premier livre, Colin's Fantastic Video Adventure, est sur les tablettes de toutes les librairies. Kenneth a poursuit ses études en cinéma et en anglais à l'Université de Toronto. À ce jour, il a publié plus de 20 livres pour enfants et adolescents, ainsi qu'un roman pour adultes. Il a remporté de nombreux prix prestigieux et a gagné l'admiration de millions de jeunes lecteurs partout dans le monde. Silverwing, Sunwing, Firewing et Darkwing ainsi que Brise-Ciel et Fils du ciel figurent parmi ses plus grands succès. Kenneth est né en 1967 à Port Alberni, une petite ville située sur l'île de Vancouver. Il vit maintenant à Toronto avec sa conjointe et ses trois enfants.

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Kenneth Oppel

KENNETH OPPEL is the Governor General’s Award–winning author of the Airborn series and the Silverwing Saga, which has sold over a million copies worldwide. His most recent novels are Half Brother, winner of both the Canadian Library Association Children’s Book of the Year Award and the CLA’s Young Adult Book Award, and This Dark Endeavour, a Governor General’s Award finalist and winner of the CBA Libris Award. The 2014 Canadian author nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, he lives in Toronto with his wife and three children.

WEB: kennethoppel.ca
FACEBOOK: Kenneth Oppel
TWITTER: @kennethoppel

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