Candy Gourlay (née Quimpo) is a Filipino journalist and author based in the United Kingdom whose debut novel Tall Story (2010) was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.

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.

[4][5][6] Her other positions include: Her debut novel Tall Story (2010) won the National Children's Book Award of the Philippines in 2012 and the Crystal Kite Award for the British Isles in 2011.

[12] Her second novel Shine (2013) was longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize[13] and won the Crystal Kite Award for the British Isles in 2014.

Bone Talk (2018) was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award and the CILIP Carnegie Medal.