Philippa Dowding

Philippa Dowding is an award-winning children’s author, a poet, copywriter, and musician living in Toronto, Ontario. Her 2021 novel, Firefly, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature — Text and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award. Her other novels for children have been nominated for numerous literary awards, including the SYRCA Snow Willow, OLA Silver Birch and Red Maple, Hackmatack, and White Ravens awards. Find more about Philippa’s books and music at pdowding.com