Claudia Dávila
View BooksCLAUDIA DÁVILA is the former art director of Chirp and Chickadee magazines, and is the author-illustrator of the award-winning graphic novel series The Future According to Luz and the picture book Super Red Riding Hood. Claudia illustrated Fast Friends, the multi-award-winning book Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War by Michel Chikwanine and Jessica Dee Humphreys, Viminy Crowe’s Comic Book by Marthe Jocelyn and Richard Scrimger and The Canadian Kids Guide to Outdoor Fun by Helaine Becker. Claudia was born in Santiago, Chile, and lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband and two children.
Awards
- Canadian Kids’ Guide to Outdoor Fun, Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2021
- Canadian Kids’ Guide to Outdoor Fun, Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2021
- Canadian Kids’ Guide to Outdoor Fun, Commended, TD Summer Reading Club - Top 10 Recommended Read, 2020
- Canadian Kids’ Guide to Outdoor Fun, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2019
- Canadian Kids’ Guide to Outdoor Fun, Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019
- Fast Friends, Winner, TD Grade One Giveaway Book, 2022
- Fast Friends, Winner, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2021
- Fast Friends, Short-listed, IODE Jean Throop Award, 2021
- Fast Friends, Short-listed, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2021
- Fast Friends, Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2021
- Fast Friends, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020
- Fast Friends, Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2020
- Fast Friends, Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2020
