{{short description|American novelist (born 1979)}} {{Use mdy dates |date=March 2025}} {{Use American English |date=March 2025}} {{Infobox writer | name = David Oppegaard | image = DavidOppegaard.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Oppegaard in 2011 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|08|19}} | birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | occupation = Novelist | language = English | citizenship = | education = {{ubl|Saint Olaf College (BA)|Hamline University (MFA)}} | period = | genre = <!-- or: | genres = --> | subject = | movement = | notable_works = ''The Suicide Collectors'' | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | awards = | years_active = | website = {{URL|davidoppegaard.com}} }} '''David Oppegaard''' (born August 19, 1979)<ref name=sfencyclopedia>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/oppegaard_david|title=Authors : Oppegaard, David|encyclopedia = The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |access-date= March 21, 2025}}</ref> is an American novelist.
==Early life and education == Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota,<ref name=sfencyclopedia/> Oppegaard earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Hamline University in Saint Paul.<ref name="GoodReads">[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1965566.David_Oppegaard David Oppegaard's profile in Goodreads.com], Goodreads.com.</ref>
==Career== Oppegaard's first novel, ''The Suicide Collectors'', was published in 2008. It was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel by the Horror Writers Association.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.horror.org/stokerballots.htm|title=Horror Writers Association announces 2008 Stoker Nominations|publisher=Horror Writers Association|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613015805/http://www.horror.org/stokerballots.htm|archivedate=2010-06-13}}</ref> Oppegaard has published several subsequent novels and young-adult books, including the 2016 Minnesota Book Award finalist ''The Firebug of Balrog County'' and ''The Town Built on Sorrow''.<ref name=Strib2016>{{cite news |last=Hertzel |first=Laurie |date=2016-01-31 |title= Finalists for 2016 Minnesota Book Awards are announced |url= https://www.startribune.com/finalists-for-2016-minnesota-book-awards-are-announced/367106941/ |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis-St. Paul |access-date=2021-01-26 }}</ref>
Oppegaard's most recent novel is ''Claw Heart Mountain'' from CamCat Books (2023).
== Bibliography == * 2008 ''The Suicide Collectors'' * 2009 ''Wormwood, Nevada'' * 2012 ''The Ragged Mountains'' * 2014 ''And the Hills Opened Up'' * 2014 ''Breakneck Cove'' (novella) * 2015 ''The Firebug of Balrog County'' * 2017 ''The Town Built on Sorrow'' * 2023 ''Claw Heart Mountain''
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==External links== *[http://davidoppegaard.com/ David Oppegaard's website]
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