# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/candy-gourlay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:43:22.955Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/candy-gourlay"
name: "Candy Gourlay"
slug: "candy-gourlay"
description: "Candy Gourlay is a Filipino journalist and author based in the United Kingdom whose debut novel Tall Story (2010) was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal."
tagline: "Filipino writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Candy_Gourlay_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1962-04-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.937581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Candy_Gourlay"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "كاندي غورلاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "كاندى جورلاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Gourlay"
    title: "Candy Gourlay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Gourlay"
    title: "Candy Gourlay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Gourlay"
    title: "Candy Gourlay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16194558"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump