This week on wonder | wander | world our pick of the week is Candy Gourlay - London based Filipino author of fiction for children and young adults.
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Candy Gourlay was born in the Philippines, grew up under a dictatorship and met her husband during a revolution. Growing up, she wondered why books only featured pink-skinned children who lived in worlds that didn't resemble her tropical home in Manila.
It took her years to learn that Filipino stories too, belong in the pages of books. Her novel Bone Talk was recently shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Costa Prize. She lives in London with her family, where she wages war on the snails in her garden.
Her multi-awarded books have brought joy to many readers, young and older.
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