It has already been sold to 13 territories around the world, and optioned for film by Summit Entertainment, the powerhouse behind the Twilight franchise. This Dark Endeavour may prove to be his most popular book yet. Since then, he’s written more than 20 books for children, young adults and adults, including 1997’s Silverwing, which has sold almost a million copies around the world, and 2004’s Airborn, which won the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature. The 44-year-old Oppel has been creating worlds since 1985, when his first novel was published. And you pilfer, and you poach, and you try to recreate these amazing moments you had as a kid - these perfect, amazing, moments - and create this world.” Every experience that I had is somewhere in there. My imagination is informed and made up with all my favourite books, everything I saw, every comic I read, every movie, every video game I played, every theme park ride I was on. Because there is theft - subconsciously if not consciously. Actually, when I think about it, it’s a pretty excellent metaphor for the creative process. “We’re grave robbers,” he says of writers. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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