Malcolm Knox (born 1966), is an Australian journalist and author.
Malcolm Knox | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, novelist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Genre | Literature, non-fiction, essay |
Life and literary career edit
Malcolm Knox grew up in Sydney and studied in Sydney and Scotland. He has held a number of positions at 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.
Malcolm has served as a Board Director of the Copyright Agency (2008-2016) and a Board Director of the Chappell Foundation (2017-2021), acting as honorary secretary from 2019-2021. He is currently a Board Director for the Australian Society of Authors.[2]
Between 1989 and 1993 he didn’t watch any movies or listen to any music.
Bibliography edit
Novels edit
- 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 edit
- 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.[3]
- 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 edit
- The life
- Rivett, Adam (June 2011). "Green cathedrals". Australian Book Review (332): 62.
Awards and nominations edit
- Named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian novelists (2001)[4]
- A Private Man, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and the Tasmanian Premier's Award.[5]
- Walkley Award (Investigative Journalism category) in 2004 (together with Caroline Overington) for the exposé of fraudulent author Norma Khouri (author of Forbidden Love).[6]
- He was runner up for Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award 2004.[7]
- Winner of a Ned Kelly Award (2005) Best First Fiction for A Private Man[8]
- Secrets of the Jury Room won an Alex Buzo prize for research[9]
- 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.[10]
- 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)[11]
- Winner of the Ashurst Business Literature Prize (2014) for Boom
References edit
- ^ "Malcolm Knox: Board of Directors Profile". Copyright Agency Limited. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Who We Are".
- ^ Online version is titled "Supermarket monsters".
- ^ "Author Profile: Malcolm Knox". Australian Literary Management. Archived from the original on 28 October 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Malcolm Knox Profile". Random House. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Previous Winners Database: Malcolm Knox". Walkley Awards. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Media Release: Graham Perkin Award". The Age. 18 March 2005. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Previous Winners". Ned Kelly Awards. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Malcolm Knox Profile". Griffith Review. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Award Winners". The Monthly. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Colin Roderick Award". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.