Candy Gourlay
Candy Gourlay (formerly Candy Quimpo) is a Filipino author based in the United Kingdom who has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her debut novel "Tall Story" (2010) won the National Children's Book Award of the Philippines in 2012 and the Crystal Kite Award for Europe in 2011. "Tall Story" was shortlisted for 13 prizes, notably: the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Branford Boase Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the UKLA Children's Book Prize. It was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Her second novel "Shine" (2013) was longlisted for the Guardian Children's  Fiction Prize and won the Crystal Kite Award for the British Isles in 2014. "Bone Talk" (2018) was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards and the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Candy Gourlay was born and raised in the Philippines. From 1984 to 1989, she worked as a journalist in the Philippines, notably as a staffwriter and later associate editor of the weekly opposition tabloid "Mr & Ms Special Edition", which played a significant role in the overthrow of the 21 year regime of Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos.