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Favel Parrett (born 1974)[1] is an Australian writer.

Favel Parrett
Born	Favel Parrett 1974 (age 47–48) Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	writer
Known for	Past the Shallows There Was Still Love
Website	http://www.favelparrett.com.au/

Career

Parrett's first novel, Past the Shallows, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012[2] and also that year won the Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards.[1] She was awarded the Antarctic Arts Fellowship, allowing her to travel to Antarctica to complete research for her second novel, When the Night Comes.[3] 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.[4]

Parrett also writes short stories, which have been published in journals and anthologies including Meanjin, Island, Best Australian Stories and Griffith Review.[1]

Bibliography

Novels

• Past the Shallows (2011)
• When the Night Comes (2014)
• There Was Still Love (2019)
• Wandi (2021)

Awards

• 2012 winner of the Dobbie Award[1]
• 2012 shortlisted Booksellers Choice Award[1]
• 2012 finalist Melbourne Prize — Best Writing Award[1]
• 2012 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award[1]
• 2012 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year[1]
• 2012 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Newcomer of the Year[1]
• 2015 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award[1]
• 2015 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal[1]
• 2015 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year[1]
• 2015 shortlisted The Indie Books Awards[1]
• 2015 shortlisted ABA's Booksellers Choice Award[1]
• 2020 shortlisted Stella Prize[5]
• 2020 winner Indie Book Awards Book of the Year and Fiction Book of the Year[6]
• 2020 shortlisted for ALS Gold Medal[7]
• 2022 shortlisted for Indie Book Awards Children's Book[8]

References

External links

• Author's website
• Holland-Batt, Sarah (September 2014). "Rough seas". Australian Book Review. 364: 12. Review of When the night comes.

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