David Oppegaard

David Oppegaard (born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, 19 August 1979) is an American novelist.

Biography
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. 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.

Oppegaard's most recent novel is Claw Heart Mountain from CamCat Books (2023).

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, Minnesota.