Favel Parrett (born 1974)
is an Australian writer.
Career
Parrett's first novel, ''
Past the Shallows'', was shortlisted for the
Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the Will (law), will of Miles Franklin ...
in 2012 and also that year won the
Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer of the Year at the
Australian Book Industry Awards
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) are publishers' and literary awards held by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) annually in Australia since 2001.
The awards celebrate "the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Au ...
.
She was awarded the Antarctic Arts Fellowship, allowing her to travel to Antarctica to complete research for her second novel, ''When the Night Comes''. Her latest adult novel, ''
There Was Still Love'', was published in September 2019 by Hachette Australia.
Her first children’s book, ''Wandi'', was published in September 2021. It is a fictional retelling of the true story of a purebred Alpine dingo cub that survived being dropped by an eagle into the backyard of a home in the small town of
Wandiligong, in Victoria’s alpine valleys, and later became the subject of a successful research and breeding program for the threatened species.
Parrett also writes short stories, which have been published in journals and anthologies including ''
Meanjin
''Meanjin'' (), formerly ''Meanjin Papers'' and ''Meanjin Quarterly'', is one of Australia's longest-running literary magazines. Established in 1940 in Brisbane, it moved to Melbourne in 1945 and as of 2008 is an editorially independent impri ...
'', ''
Island Magazine'', ''Best Australian Stories'' and ''
Griffith Review
''Griffith Review'' is a quarterly publication featuring essays, reportage, memoir, fiction, poetry and artwork from established and emerging writers and artists. The publication was founded in 2003 by Griffith University in Australia, and was ...
''.
Bibliography
Novels
*''
Past the Shallows'' (2011)
* ''When the Night Comes'' (2014)
* ''
There Was Still Love'' (2019)
*''Wandi'' (2021)
*''Kimmi: Queen of the Dingoes'' (2023)
Awards
*2022 shortlisted for Indie Book Awards Children's Book
*2024 shortlisted for Indie Book Awards Children's Book
References
External links
Author's website* Review of ''When the night comes''.
Living people
Australian women novelists
21st-century Australian novelists
Date of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Australian women writers
1974 births
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