[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).