Kevin Sylvester

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  • Bibliography:
    21 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2010
  • Latest Book:
    January 2023
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About the Author

KEVIN SYLVESTER is an award winning illustrator, writer and broadcaster.

His new sci-fi series MiNRs is now out from Simon and Schuster. MINRs was named a 2017 Honour Red Maple and Manitoba Reader's Honour book and a 2015 CLA Honour Book. MINRs2 is out. MINRs3 will be released in 2018.

His series The Neil Flambé Capers is already a bestseller and critical success. Students across Ontario picked 'Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders' as the Silver Birch winner for fiction in 2011!

Full Series List in Order

MiNRS

1 - MiNRS (Sep-2015)
2 - MiNRS 2 (Oct-2016)
3 - MiNRS 3 (May-2018)

Neil Flambe

1 - Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders (Mar-2010)
2 - Neil Flambe and the Aztec Abduction (Jan-2012)
3 - Neil Flambe and the Crusader's Curse (May-2012)
4 - Neil Flambe and the Tokyo Treasure (Oct-2012)
5 - Neil Flambe and the Bard's Banquet (Jan-2015)
6 - Neil Flambe and the Duel in the Desert (Feb-2016)

Book List in Order: 21 titles

  • Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders

    Neil Flambe - 1

    A delicious blend of mystery, history, and top-notch cuisine. Neil Flambé may be fourteen years old, but he’s also a world-renowned chef. Patrons pay top dollar and wait months for reservations at his tiny boutique restaurant. But Neil is more ...

  • Splinters

    Cindy Winters loves to play hockey. When her family's basement apartment is flooded and the floor freezes, she's even happy to skate on the concrete. Her parents are too poor to enroll her in a league, but she's resourceful and does odd jobs until sh...

  • Neil Flambe and the Aztec Abduction

    Neil Flambe - 2

    A fourteen-year-old crime-solving chef finds mayhem in Mexico in this full-flavored mystery. Teenage wunderchef -- and budding detective -- Neil Flambé heads to Mexico City to take part in the Azteca Cocina, a two-week battle of the chefs. But he...

  • Neil Flambe and the Crusader's Curse

    Neil Flambe - 3

    The sudden disappearance of Neil's skills in the kitchen is the real mystery in this culinary caper. Is a curse to blame? World-class chef -- and royal pain in the neck -- Neil Flamb is used to serving his dishes to resounding applause and overwh...

  • Neil Flambe and the Tokyo Treasure

    Neil Flambe - 4

    Something smells fishy -- and it’s not the sushi -- in this addition to the culinary mystery series celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey calls “good fun.” World-class chef Neil Flambe isn’t thrilled when his cousin Larry moves to Japan to work on ...

  • Neil Flambe and the Bard's Banquet

    Neil Flambe - 5

    Neil travels across the pond for a real honey of a case in the fifth book in The Neil Flambé Capers, the culinary mystery series celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey calls “good fun.” Neil Flambé has had enough with solving crime. After his adventur...

  • MiNRS

    MiNRS - 1

    A twelve-year-old boy and his friends must find a way to survive in the mining tunnels after their new space colony is attacked in this gritty action-adventure novel. In space. Underground. And out of time. Twelve-year-old Christopher Nichols l...

  • Neil Flambe and the Duel in the Desert

    Neil Flambe - 6

    Neil hits the road in his food truck and drives right into a new case in the sixth book in The Neil Flambé Capers, the culinary mystery series celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey calls “good fun.” Neil has lost his beloved restaurant. Though he miss...

  • Super Duper Monster Viewer

    Imagine that you are holding a device that will allow you to see the monsters that live invisibly all around us. All you have to do is follow the simple instructions and...total chaos!
    Technology isn’t always easy, and this monster viewer disgu...



  • MiNRS 2

    MiNRS - 2

    Dive right back into the action on Perses in this thrilling sequel to the gritty, space adventure, MiNRS, which School Library Journal called “a solid survival story.” They are coming to get you. Hide. Hide. Hide. The children of Perse...

  • MiNRS 3

    MiNRS - 3

    The final action-packed book in the MiNRS trilogy. We do what we do best. Run. Hide. Survive. The children of Perses must return to Earth. They defeated Major Kirk Thatcher on their adopted planet, but his evil plans are still unfolding. People...

  • Mucus Mayhem

    In this hilarious, new series, four ordinary kids are about to learn that they are on deck. . . to save the world! Jessica Flem has spent the better part of her life so far reacting allergically to everything -- and much of it in her basement where...

  • Follow Your Stuff

    Get ready to go global!Our cellphones, our clothes, our food: All are everyday things we consider essential, but we seldom think of what and who is involved in making them and getting them into our hands. In Follow Your Stuff, award-winning children...

  • Gargantua (Jr!): Defender of Earth

    Gargantua (Jr!) wants to grow up to be just like Mom. Before Junior came along, Mom had a reputation for being a little wild, but now she only knocks over buildings that are supposed to come down. She also protects Earth from dangerous space robot...

  • The Puck Drops Here

    A special group of kids must save the world with -- what else? -- HOCKEY!There are people out there, nasty mean greedy people, who want to rule the Earth. People such as evil scientist (and former mediocre goalie) Clarence Crosscheck. Only one th...

  • On Thin Ice

    Will the Hockey Super Six thwart their enemy’s plans for world domination in book two of this action-packed series?In the second book pitting six ordinary kids with super hockey skills against the forces of evil, Jenny, Benny, Mo, Starlight, DJ and...

  • The Fabulous Zed Watson!

    The literary scavenger hunt of a lifetime, starring an endlessly endearing non-binary tween Zed Watson loves a few things: their name (which they chose themself!), their big rambunctious family, and -- oh yeah -- monsters. When Zed discovered the my...

  • Hat Tricked (Hockey Super Six)

  • Apartment 713

    Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends -- welcome to the Regency, where even time moves in surprising ways! Jake Simmons hates his new home.The Regency is nothing more than floor after floor of peeling wallpaper and faded glory. Jake m...



  • In the Game (Hockey Super Six)

  • Over Time

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kevin Sylvester has published 21 books.

Kevin Sylvester does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Over Time, was published in January 2023.

The first book by Kevin Sylvester, Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders, was published in March 2010.

Yes. Kevin Sylvester has 2 series.
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