Kenneth Oppel is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Airborn, which won the Governor General’s Award for children’s literature and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award, and the Silverwing trilogy, which has sold over a million copies worldwide. Some of his other books include

The Boundless, Every Hidden Thing and Inkling. The Nest and Half Brother both won the Canadian Library Association’s Book of the Year for Children Award. His latest novels are Bloom and its sequel Hatch. Visit him online at www.kennethoppel.ca, or twitter @kennethoppel.

Q: Your work has been tagged magic realism, thriller, horror and paranormal. Is there a tag this list is missing, and is there a thread that connects your 33 (is 33 correct?) kidlit novels? What is your favored genre descriptor and main interest these days?