Malcolm Knox (author)

Malcolm Knox (born 1966), is an Australian journalist and author.

Not to be confused with philosopher and academic Thomas Malcolm Knox (1900–1980).

Malcolm Knox
Born1966
OccupationJournalist, author, novelist
NationalityAustralian
GenreLiterature, non-fiction, essay

Life and 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
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Novels
  • Summerland. 2000.
  • A Private Man (2004) (released in the UK as Adult Book (2005))
  • Jamaica (2007)
  • The Life (2011)
  • The Wonder Lover (2015)
  • Bluebird (2020)

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: The story behind Australia's second most important job (2010)
  • Fierce Focus: Greg Chappell (2011)
  • Bradman's War: How the 1948 invincibles turned the cricket pitch into a battlefield (2012)
  • Never a Gentlemen's Game (2012)
  • Boom: The Underground History of Australia, from Goldrush to GFC (2013)
  • "Duopoly money : Coles, Woolworths and the price we pay for their domination". The Monthly. 103: 20–31. August 2014.[2]
  • Supermarket Monsters: The Price of Coles' and Woolworths' Dominance (2015)
  • The Keepers: The players at the heart of Australian cricket (2015)
  • Phillip Hughes: The Official Biography (co-authored with Peter Lalor) (2015)

Critical studies and reviews of Knox's work
The life
  • Rivett, Adam (June 2011). "Green cathedrals". Australian Book Review (332): 62.

Awards and nominations

References
  1. "Malcolm Knox: Board of Directors Profile". Copyright Agency Limited. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  2. Online version is titled "Supermarket monsters".
  3. "Author Profile: Malcolm Knox". Australian Literary Management. Archived from the original on 28 October 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  4. "Malcolm Knox Profile". Random House. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  5. "Previous Winners Database: Malcolm Knox". Walkley Awards. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  6. "Media Release: Graham Perkin Award". The Age. 18 March 2005. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  7. "Previous Winners". Ned Kelly Awards. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  8. "Malcolm Knox Profile". Griffith Review. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  9. "Award Winners". The Monthly. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  10. "Colin Roderick Award". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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