Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer from New Brunswick.
Career Parker's novel What We Both Know was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize. Her essay "The Prescription" appeared in Maisonneuve Magazine and was a finalist for the 2023 National Magazine Awards. In 2020, her short story "FEED MACHINE" was nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Her poem "Woof" was shortlisted for a 2024 National Magazine Award.
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. 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) and Dumb-Show (ARP 2021), her novel What We Both Know (McClelland & Stewart, 2022), and the poetry collection Soft Inheritance (Palimpsest 2023) which won both a 2024 New Brunswick Book Award and a 2024 Atlantic Book Award.
Her latest novel Hi, it's me was released by McClelland & Stewart in September 2024 and was a finalist for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize. It is currently a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award.
Parker is the 2024-2026 Poet Laureate of the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Awards +YearWorkPrizeResultRef2020"Feed Machine"Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey PrizeShortlist2022What We Both KnowScotiabank Giller PrizeLonglist2023"The Prescription"National Magazine AwardShortlist2024Soft InheritanceNew Brunswick Book Awards Fiddlehead Poetry PrizeWon2024Soft InheritanceAtlantic Book Awards JM Abraham Poetry PrizeWon2024"Woof"National Magazine AwardShortlist2024Hi, It's MeAtwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction PrizeShortlist2025Hi, It's MeGovernor General's Literary AwardFinalist
Bibliography
Novels Set-Point. ARP Books, 2019. . Dumb-Show. ARP Books, 2021. . What We Both Know. McClelland & Stewart, 2022. . Hi, It's Me. McClelland & Stewart, 2024. . Shut-in Magic. McClelland & Stewart. 2027.
Story Collections Looking Good and Having a Good Time. Metatron Press, 2015. .
Essays "The Prescription." Maisonneuve Magazine, 2022.
Poetry Collections Soft Inheritance. Palimpsest Press, 2023. .
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