Kevin Sylvester is a Canadian writer, cartoonist, and news broadcaster. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Sylvester has written and illustrated a number of best-selling children's books. His most famous series is the "Neil Flamb� Capers." The character Neil Flamb� was originally used by Kevin during a CBC summer morning broadcast of his ongoing story Neil Flamb� and the Case of the Caustic Cumin. The first book, Neil Flamb� and the Marco Polo Murders, was voted the 2011 Silver Birch Award winner for Fiction. The second book in the series, Neil Flamb� and the Aztec Abduction was a runner-up for the 2012 Silver Birch Award for Fiction. The third, Neil Flamb� and the Crusader's Curse is nominated for the 2013 Silver Birch Award for Fiction. The fourth is Neil Flamb� and the Tokyo Treasure. Sylvester's first children?s book Sports Hall of Weird was named a Silver Birch Honour Book in 2006 and a Rocky Mountain Honour Book in 2007. His second children's book, Gold Medal for Weird was released in 2007 and was named a Gold Medal Choice for the Junior Library Guild in the United States. It was also nominated the 2007 Silver Birch award for Non-Fiction.