Favel Parrett

Favel Parrett (born 1974)^[1] is an Australian writer.

Favel Parrett
Born	Favel Parrett 1974 (age 50–51) Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Writer
Known for	Past the Shallows (2011) There Was Still Love
Website	http://www.favelparrett.com.au/

Career

Parrett's first novel, Past the Shallows, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012^[2] and also that year won the Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards.^[1] She was awarded the Antarctic Arts Fellowship, allowing her to travel to Antarctica to complete research for her second novel, When the Night Comes.^[3] 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.^[4]

Parrett also writes short stories, which have been published in journals and anthologies including Meanjin, Island Magazine, Best Australian Stories and Griffith Review.^[1]

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^[5]
• 2024 shortlisted for Indie Book Awards Children's Book^[6]

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2012	Past the Shallows	Australian Book Industry Awards	Newcomer	Won	[1]
			Literary Fiction	Shortlisted	[1]
		BookPeople Booksellers' Choice Award	—	Shortlisted	[1]
		Dobbie Literary Award	—	Won	[1]
		Indie Book Award	Debut Fiction	Shortlisted
		Melbourne Prize for Literature	—	Shortlisted	[1]
		Miles Franklin Award	—	Shortlisted	[1]
2015	When the Night Comes	ALS Gold Medal	—	Shortlisted	[1]
		Australian Book Industry Awards	Literary Fiction	Shortlisted	[1]
		BookPeople Booksellers' Choice Award	—	Shortlisted	[1]
		Indie Book Award	Fiction	Shortlisted	[1]
		Miles Franklin Award	—	Longlisted	[1]
2020	There Was Still Love	ALS Gold Medal	—	Shortlisted	[7]
		Australian Book Industry Awards	Literary Fiction	Shortlisted
		Barbara Jefferis Award	—	Shortlisted
		Indie Book Award	Fiction	Won	[8]
		Stella Prize	—	Shortlisted	[9]