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Philippa Dowding

Philippa Dowding is a children’s author, poet, musician and copywriter. She has won many industry awards and has had poetry and short fiction published in journals across North America. Her children’s books have been nominated for numerous literary awards in Canada and abroad, including the SYRCA Diamond Willow, OLA Silver Birch, OLA Red Maple, Hackmatack and White Raven awards. In 2017, Myles and the Monster Outside was an OLA Silver Birch Express Honour Book and her 2021 novel, Firefly, won a Governor General’s Literary Award in the Children’s Literature – Text category. Philippa Dowding currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Books by Philippa Dowding

Oculum Echo

Firefly

Weird Stories Gone Wrong 6-Book Bundle

Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet

Weird Stories Gone Wrong 5-Book Bundle

Blackwells and the Briny Deep

Oculum

Alex and The Other

Everton Miles Is Stranger Than Me Classroom Activity Guide

The Night Flyer's Handbook 2-Book Bundle

Everton Miles Is Stranger Than Me

Weird Stories Gone Wrong 3-Book Bundle

Carter and the Curious Maze

Myles and the Monster Outside

Weird Stories Gone Wrong 2-Book Bundle

Jake and the Giant Hand

The Lost Gargoyle Series 3-Book Bundle

The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden

The Gargoyle at the Gates

The Gargoyle Overhead

The Gargoyle in My Yard