Favel Parrett
Favel Parrett 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.
Novels
- Past the Shallows
- When the Night Comes
- There Was Still Love
- Wandi
- ''Kimmi: Queen of the Dingoes''
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 | Won | |
| 2012 | Past the Shallows | Australian Book Industry Awards | Literary Fiction | ||
| 2012 | Past the Shallows | BookPeople Booksellers' Choice Award | — | ||
| 2012 | Past the Shallows | Dobbie Literary Award | — | Won | |
| 2012 | Past the Shallows | Indie Book Award | Debut Fiction | ||
| 2012 | Past the Shallows | Melbourne Prize for Literature | — | ||
| 2012 | Past the Shallows | Miles Franklin Award | — | ||
| 2015 | When the Night Comes | ALS Gold Medal | — | ||
| 2015 | When the Night Comes | Australian Book Industry Awards | Literary Fiction | ||
| 2015 | When the Night Comes | BookPeople Booksellers' Choice Award | — | ||
| 2015 | When the Night Comes | Indie Book Award | Fiction | ||
| 2015 | When the Night Comes | Miles Franklin Award | — | ||
| 2020 | There Was Still Love | ALS Gold Medal | — | ||
| 2020 | There Was Still Love | Australian Book Industry Awards | Literary Fiction | ||
| 2020 | There Was Still Love | Barbara Jefferis Award | — | ||
| 2020 | There Was Still Love | Indie Book Award | Fiction | Won | |
| 2020 | There Was Still Love | Stella Prize | — |