Fawn Parker

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]

Fawn Parker at the Ottawa International Writers Festival in 2022

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. Retrieved 2023-04-22.


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