Donna Mazza Donna Mazza i(A14064 works by)
Born: Established: Bunbury, Bunbury area, Bunbury - Capel - Collie area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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Donna Mazza is an academic and writer from regional Western Australia. Her first novel, The Albanian, was awarded the TAG Hungerford Award and formed part of her doctoral thesis from Edith Cowan University. She has been granted writing residencies at Varuna and is the author of poetry, short fiction and literary criticism.

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The Last of Its Kind 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 65 no. 1 2020; (p. 62-68)
2018 shortlisted The Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers
y separately published work icon Fauna Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 18083849 2020 single work novel science fiction thriller

'Set 17 years into a very recognisable future, Fauna is an astonishing psychological drama with an incredible twist: What if the child you are carrying is not entirely human?

'Using DNA technology, scientists have started to reverse the extinction of creatures like the mammoth and the Tasmanian Tiger. The benefits of this radical approach could be far-reaching. But how far will they go?

'Longing for another child, Stacey is recruited by a company who offer massive incentives for her to join an experimental programme called LifeBLOOD. As part of the agreement, she and her husband's embryo will be blended with 'edited cells'. Just how edited, Stacey doesn't really know. Nor does she have any idea how much her longed-for new daughter will change her life and that of her family. Or how hard she will have to fight to protect her.

'Fauna is a transformative, lyrical and moving novel about love and motherhood, home and family - and what it means to be human.' (Publication summary)
2021 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
2020 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Science Fiction Division — Novel
y separately published work icon Dark Little Ghost 2015 (Manuscript version)9145790 9145785 2015 single work novel
2015 shortlisted Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript
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