Favel Parrett (born 1974) is an Australian writer.
Career
Parrett's first novel, Past the Shallows, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012 and also that year won the Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards. 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, Island Magazine, Best Australian Stories and Griffith Review.
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 Year Work Award Category Result Ref 2012 Past the Shallows Australian Book Industry Awards Newcomer Literary Fiction BookPeople Booksellers' Choice Award — Dobbie Literary Award — Indie Book Award Debut Fiction Melbourne Prize for Literature — Miles Franklin Award — 2015 When the Night Comes ALS Gold Medal — Australian Book Industry Awards Literary Fiction BookPeople Booksellers' Choice Award — Indie Book Award Fiction Miles Franklin Award — 2020 There Was Still Love ALS Gold Medal — Australian Book Industry Awards Literary Fiction Barbara Jefferis Award — Indie Book Award Fiction Stella Prize —
References
External links Author's website Review of When the night comes.