Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer[1] whose novel What We Both Know was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize.[2] Parker's essay "The Prescription" appeared in Maisonneuve Magazine and was a finalist for the 2023 National Magazine Awards.[3] In 2020, her short story "FEED MACHINE" was nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize.[4] Her poem "Woof" has been shortlisted for a 2024 National Magazine Award.[5]
Parker holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Toronto and is studying at the University of New Brunswick to obtain her Ph.D.[6] Her published works include the short story collection Looking Good and Having a Good Time (2015), the poetry collection Weak Spot (2018), the novels Set-Point (ARP 2019)[7] and Dumb-Show (ARP 2021), her novel What We Both Know (McClelland & Stewart, 2022), and the poetry collection Soft Inheritance (Palimpsest 2023)[8] which won both a 2024 New Brunswick Book Award[9] and a 2024 Atlantic Book Award.[10]
Her novel Hi, it's me[11] is forthcoming with McClelland & Stewart in 2024.
References edit
- ^ Siddiqui, Tabassum (July 11, 2022). "Fawn Parker wrestles with the complexity of memory and trauma in the novel What We Both Know". CBC Books. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ "14 Canadian authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books. September 6, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ "And the Nominees Are…". National Magazine Awards. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ^ Books, CBC (12 August 2020). "13 emerging Canadian writers make 2020 longlist for $10K Journey Prize for short fiction". CBC. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "2024 Nominees". National Magazine Awards. 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "The CBC Books Writers to Watch list: 30 Canadian writers on the rise in 2022". CBC Books. July 28, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ Cooper, Page (November 3, 2019). "Gains & Losses: A review of Set-Point by Fawn Parker". Montreal Review of Books. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ "Soft Inheritance". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ^ "Winners of the 2024 New Brunswick Book Awards announced". Quill & Quire. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ Drudi, Cassandra (2024-06-06). "Michelle Porter, Jack Wong among Atlantic Book Award winners". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Canadian English Rights to Fawn Parker's HI, IT'S ME". CookeMcDermid. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
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