H. G. Parry

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H. G. Parry
Hannah Parry at DWRF 2021 (cropped).jpg
Parry at DWRF, 2021
Born
Hannah Gabrielle Parry
Occupation
NationalityNew Zealand
Education Victoria University of Wellington (DPhil) [1]
Period2014–present
Genre
Scientific career
Thesis The Aeneid with Rabbits: Children's Fantasy as Modern Epic  (2016)
Website
hgparry.com

Hannah Gabrielle Parry is a New Zealand writer and academic, who has written five fantasy novels and several works of short fiction. [2] [3] Parry has a PhD in English Literature from the Victoria University of Wellington and has contributed to several papers on English literature. [3] Parry lives in Wellington where she writes and teaches English literature. [4] [1]

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Parry's novels are contemporary fantasy and historical fantasy, and have been generally been well received by critics. [5] [6] [7] A starred review in Publishers Weekly called A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians "a witty, riveting historical fantasy" and stated that "Parry has a historian’s eye for period detail and weaves real figures from history throughout her poetic tale of justice, liberation, and dark magic." [7] A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians was nominated for the 2021 New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention Sir Julius Vogel Award. [8]

Parry's research interests include Victorian literature and children's stories. [3] [4] Her PhD thesis, "The Aeneid with Rabbits: Children's Fantasy as Modern Epic", [9] centred around Richard Adams's Watership Down . [10] She has published articles in the Journal of New Zealand Literature, and authored chapters in Antipodean Antiquities: Classical Reception Down Under (2019) and Critical Insights: The Hobbit (2016). [3] [11] [12]

Bibliography

Novels

The Shadow Histories

  • A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians (Orbit, 2020) – nominated for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Award. [8]
  • A Radical Act of Free Magic (Orbit, 2021)

Standalone

Novella

Collections

Short fiction

References

  1. 1 2 "Parry, H. G." Deutsche Nationalbibliothek . Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "H.G. Parry Books In Order". Book Series in Order. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Parry, Hannah; Perris, Simon (2019). "Classical Reception in New Zealand Literature: An Introduction (and Reading List)". Journal of New Zealand Literature. 37 (1). Wellington: 159–179. ISSN   0112-1227. ProQuest   2319723311.
  4. 1 2 Pellegrino, Nicky (3 February 2020). "Fantasy Escape! Book of the Week". New Zealand Woman's Weekly . p. 79.
  5. ↑ Braswell, Liz (17 February 2023). "Science Fiction & Fantasy: 'Our Share of Night'; A tale of shadow magic set in South America. Plus: H.G. Parry's 'The Magician's Daughter'". The Wall Street Journal . New York City. ISSN   1042-9840. ProQuest   2777449863.
  6. ↑ Steele, Colin (31 May 2020). "Windswept and gothic on the page". The Canberra Times . ISSN   0157-6925. ProQuest   2407775716.
  7. 1 2 "A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians". Publishers Weekly . 16 April 2020. ISSN   0000-0019 . Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Sir Julius Vogel Award Long List – 2021". Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand . Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  9. ↑ Parry, Hannah (1 January 2016). PhD Thesis: The Aeneid with Rabbits: Children's Fantasy as Modern Epic. Victoria University of Wellington (Thesis). doi:10.26686/wgtn.17018768.v1 . Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  10. ↑ M., Daryl (13 August 2020). "Interview With an Author: H.G. Parry". Los Angeles Public Library . Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  11. ↑ Johnson, Marguerite, ed. (2019). Antipodean Antiquities: Classical Reception Down Under. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-35002-124-2.
  12. ↑ Potts, Stephen W., ed. (2016). Critical Insights: The Hobbit. Salem Press. ISBN   978-1-68217-121-9.
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