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H. G. Parry
Parry at DWRF, 2021
Parry at DWRF, 2021
BornHannah Gabrielle Parry
Occupation
NationalityNew Zealand
EducationVictoria University of Wellington (DPhil)[1]
Period2014–present
Genre
Scientific career
ThesisThe Aeneid with Rabbits: Children's Fantasy as Modern Epic (2016)
Website
hgparry.com

Hannah Gabrielle Parry is a New Zealand writer and academic. As H. G. Parry, she 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]

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

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Novels

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The Shadow Histories

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  • 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

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  • The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (Orbit, 2019)
  • The Magician's Daughter (Orbit, 2023)
  • The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door (Orbit, 2024)

Novella

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Collections

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  • Adonais: and Other Stories (Charnel House, 2021) – collection of short fiction by Parry

Short fiction

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  • "Until We Find Better Magic" (Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, September 2014)
  • "Tommy" (Daily Science Fiction, February 2015)
  • "Electricity Bill for a Darkling Plain" (Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, May 2015)
  • "Impossible Things Before Breakfast" (Unpublished, 2015; Adonais: and Other Stories, 2021)
  • "Material Without Being Real" (Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, September 2016)
  • "The Citizen" (Unpublished 2016; Adonais: and Other Stories, 2021)
  • "Adonais" (Adonais: and Other Stories, 2021)

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians". Publishers Weekly. 16 April 2020. ISSN 0000-0019. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  8. ^ a b "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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