Long-listed: First Nation Communities Read 2013-2014 Selected for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids and Teens 2008, 2010-2014
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Nominee (CCBC) 2014 Silver Birch Award in the Forest of Reading Nominee (OLA) 2015Ĭanadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award Nominee 2014 Moonbeam Silver Medal for Young Adult Fiction 2015 If you are interested in scheduling Philip for a presentation, please contact Leila Merl at and see our “Author Visits” page via. Philip and his family, (including their all-white cat, Ollie, named after Dickens’ Oliver in Oliver Twist), live in Brockville, Ontario, where Philip continues to write novels and compose music. The fifth picture book in the Happy/Youpi series, A Happy Halloween, will be published in 2021 under the artistic auspices of a new illustrator, Ms.
Bell, (nominated for the Silver Birch, Geoffrey Bilson, Hackmatack and CLA awards), as well as Blood Brothers in Louisbourg, (long-listed for First Nations Communities Read.) Kirkus Reviews has called Philip’s 2017 Middle Reader, The Kingdom of No Worries, “a parable for our time.”Ī prolific creator of children’s picture books, Philip’s has written 30 stories for the Happy the Pocket Mouse/Youpi series, 4 of which have been published, (illustrated by Andrea Torrey Balsara): Mouse Tales/Les contes de Youpi, Jellybean Mouse/Youpi et ses bonbons, Mouse Pet/Un ami pour Youpi, and Mouse Vacation/Youpi en vacances. Philip has also penned two historical novels including Me & Mr. Born by the sea in Nova Scotia, Philip has traveled extensively for research on his award-winning Submarine Outlaw/Un rebelle en sous-marin adventure series. Philip studied Music and History before choosing a career in writing. Visiting schools is Philip’s favourite part of being a writer. Philip is especially committed to writing works of fiction that are devoted to social, global and environmental issues. Philip Roy writes children’s books and Middle Reader/YA novels of adventure and historical fiction that invite young readers of all ages to consider the variety, vastness, and fascination of the world around us.
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