Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer. Parker Ottawa International Writers Festival

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 of 2024 and is a finalist for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize. Parker is the 2024-2026 Poet Laureate of the City of Fredricton, New Brunswick.

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Set-Point''. ARP Books, 2019. ISBN 9781927886250. * ''Dumb-Show''. ARP Books, 2021. ISBN 9781927886564. * ''What We Both Know''. McClelland & Stewart, 2022. ISBN 9780771096730. * ''Hi, It's Me''. McClelland & Stewart, 2024. ISBN 9780771005152.

Short Stories

* ''Looking Good and Having a Good Time''. Metatron Press, 2015. ISBN 9780993946455.

Essays

* "The Prescription." ''Maisonneuve Magazine'', 2022.

Poetry

* ''Soft Inheritance''. Palimpsest Press, 2023. ISBN 9781990293528.

References

21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women novelists Canadian women short story writers Canadian women poets Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-writer-stub