Fawn Parker at the Ottawa International Writers Festival in 2022

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]

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.[5] 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)[6] and Dumb Show (ARP 2021), and the poetry collection Soft Inheritance (Palimpsest 2023).[7] Her fictional memoir Hi, it's me[8] is forthcoming with McClelland & Stewart in 2024.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "14 Canadian authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books. September 6, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ "And the Nominees Are…". National Magazine Awards. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  4. ↑ Books, CBC (12 August 2020). "13 emerging Canadian writers make 2020 longlist for $10K Journey Prize for short fiction". CBC. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "The CBC Books Writers to Watch list: 30 Canadian writers on the rise in 2022". CBC Books. July 28, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  6. ↑ Cooper, Page (November 3, 2019). "Gains & Losses: A review of Set-Point by Fawn Parker". Montreal Review of Books. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Soft Inheritance". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  8. ↑ "Canadian English Rights to Fawn Parker's HI, IT'S ME". CookeMcDermid. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-22.


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