Bio:

Candy Quimpo Gourlay is a Filipino author based in the United Kingdom. She won a place in the 2008 Undiscovered Voices anthology, SCBWI British Isles' ground breaking competition. Her debut novel TALL STORY was published to critical acclaim by David Fickling Books in 2010. Candy reported on the fall of the Marcos dictatorship in 1986 in Manila. She married a British journalist and ended up in England working first as a journalist and later as a blogger and web designer. In 2005, she returned to the Philippines to write and present the Radio 4 documentary, MOTHERLESS NATION, about the children left behind by migrant workers. Her stories have appeared in a couple of anthologies and on the preschool BBC Channel, CBEEBIES.

RECOGNITION FOR TALL STORY
Nominated, Carnegie Medal 2011
Winner, Crystal Kite Members' Choice Award 2011 for Europe
Kirkus Outstanding Children's Debuts of 2011
Library Junior Guild Selection
Starred reviews on Kirkus, Booklist and School Library Journal
Amazon's Kindle Best of the Month (February) for Young People
100 Best Summer Titles of 2010 by the Sunday Times
Times Recommended Books for Christmas 2010
The Bookseller's June Picks
National Geographic Kids Brilliant Summer Books

SHORTLISTS:
Waterstone's Children's Book Prize
Blue Peter My Favourite Story Prize
UKLA Book Award
Leeds Children's Book Prize
Hillingdon Secondary School Book Prize
Warwickshire Primary Book Prize
Tower Hamlets Book Prize
Salford Book Prize
Coventry inspirations Award

WEBSITES:
candygourlay.com
tallstory.net

AUTHOR BLOG:
candygourlay.com

BLOG FOR WRITERS
notesfromtheslushpile.blogspot.com

Writer
PAL
Member since 2002
Region: British Isles

Contact Information

Current Location:   London
Website:  http://candygourlay.com

Published In Children's Market: Yes
Available for Speaking Engagements? Yes