Malcolm Knox (author)
Malcolm Knox | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 |
| Occupation | Journalist, Author, Novelist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Genre | Literature, non-fiction, essay |
Malcolm Knox (born 1966), is an Australian journalist and author.
Life & Literary career
Malcolm Knox grew up in Sydney and studied in Sydney and Scotland. He has held a number of positions at the Sydney Morning Herald including chief cricket correspondent (1996–99), assistant sport editor (1999–2000) and literary editor (2002–06).[1] As literary editor, he broke the story of the fake Jordanian memoirist, Norma Khouri, which won him a Walkley Award (Investigative Journalism category) in 2004 (together with Caroline Overington).
He has written nineteen books including five novels.
Bibliography
Novels
- Summerland (2000) [2]
- A Private Man (2004) (released in the UK as Adult Book (2005))
- Jamaica (2007)
- The Life (2011)
- The Wonder Lover (2015)
Non-fiction
- Taylor And Beyond (2000)
- I Still Call Australia Home: The Qantas Story 1920-2005 (2005)
- 1788 Words or Less: A short short history of Australia (2005)
- Secrets of the Jury Room (2006)
- Scattered: The Inside Story of Ice in Australia (2008)
- On Obsession (2008)
- The Greatest: The players, the moments, the matches 1993-2008 (2009)
- The Captains (2010)
- Fierce Focus: Greg Chappell (2011)
- Bradman's War (2012)
- Never a Gentlemen's Game (2012)
- Boom: The Underground History of Australia, from Goldrush to GFC (2013)
- Supermarket Monsters: The Price of Coles and Woolworths' Dominance (2015)
- The Keepers (2015)
- Phillip Hughes: The Official Biography (co-authored with Peter Lalor) (2015)
Other
- Regular contributor to The Monthly
Awards and nominations
- Named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian novelists (2001) [3]
- A Private Man, was shortlisted for the Commomwealth Book Prize and the Tasmanian Premier’s Award.[4]
- Walkley Award (Investigative Journalism category) in 2004 (together with Caroline Overington) for the exposé of fraudulent author Norma Khouri (author of Forbidden Love).[5]
- He was runner up for Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award 2004.[6]
- Winner of a Ned Kelly Award (2005) Best First Fiction for A Private Man [7]
- Secrets of the Jury Room won an Alex Buzo prize for research [8]
- Walkley Award (2007) for Magazine Feature Writing for essay 'Cruising: Life and Death on the High Seas' was published in the September 2006 issue of The Monthly.[9]
- Winner of the Colin Roderick Award (2008) for Jamaica (best book published in Australia in the preceding year dealing with an aspect of Australian life) [10]
- Winner of the Ashurst Business Literature Prize (2014) for Boom
References
- ^ "Malcolm Knox: Board of Directors Profile". Copyright Agency Limited. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Author Search: Malcolm Knox". Worldcat. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Author Profile: Malcolm Knox". Australian Literary Management. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Malcolm Knox Profile". Random House. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Previous Winners Database: Malcolm Knox". Walkley Awards. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Media Release: Graham Perkin Award". The Age. 18 March 2005. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Previous Winners". Ned Kelly Awards. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Malcolm Knox Profile". Griffith Review. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Award Winers". The Monthly. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Colin Roderick Award". Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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