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

Life and literary career

Malcolm Knox grew up in

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and studied in Sydney and Scotland. He has held a number of positions at ''

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'' including chief

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correspondent (1996–99), assistant sport editor (1999–2000) and literary editor (2002–06). As literary editor, he broke the story of the fake Jordanian memoirist,

Norma Khouri Norma Khouri is the pen name of author Norma Bagain Toliopoulos (born Norma Bagain in Jordan in 1970). She is the author of the book titled ''Forbidden Love (novel), Forbidden Love'' (known under its original title in Australia, Britain, and Commonw ...

, which won him a

Walkley Award The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic and online media. The Gold Walkley is the highest prize and ...

(Investigative Journalism category) in 2004 (together with Caroline Overington). 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 The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) was formed in 1963 as the organisation to promote and protect the rights of Australia's authors and illustrators. The Fellowship of Australian Writers played a key role it its establishment. The organisati ...

. Between 1989 and 1993 he did not watch any movies or listen to any music.

Bibliography

Novels

* * '' A Private Man'' (2004) (released in the UK as ''Adult Book'' (2005)) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''The Wonder Lover'' (2015) *''Bluebird'' (2020) *''The First Friend'' (2024)

Non-fiction

* ''Taylor And Beyond'' (2000) * ''I Still Call Australia Home: The

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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 Gregory Stephen Chappell (born 7 August 1948) is a former cricketer who represented Australia at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). The second of three brothers to play Test cricket, Chappell was the pre-eminent ...

'' (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) * * ''Supermarket Monsters: The Price of Coles' and Woolworths' Dominance'' (2015) * ''The Keepers: The players at the heart of Australian cricket'' (2015) * ''

Phillip Hughes Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test cricket, Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia cricket team, South Australia and Worcestershire County C ...

: The Official Biography'' (co-authored with

Peter Lalor Peter Fintan Lalor ( ); 5 February 1827 – 9 February 1889) was an Irish-Australian rebel and, later, politician, who rose to fame for his leading role in the Eureka Rebellion, an event identified with the "birth of democracy" in Austra ...

) (2015)

Critical studies and reviews of Knox's work

;The life *

Awards and nominations

* Named one of The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian novelists (2001) *'' A Private Man'', was shortlisted for the

Commonwealth Book Prize Commonwealth Foundation has presented a number of prizes since 1987. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best First ...

and the Tasmanian Premier's Award. *

(Investigative Journalism category) in 2004 (together with Caroline Overington) for the exposé of fraudulent author

(author of '' Forbidden Love''). * He was runner up for

Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award The Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award, often known simply as the Graham Perkin Award, is one of Australia's pre-eminent prizes for journalism. It was established and named in honour of Graham Perkin, who was editor of ''The ...

2004. * Winner of a

Ned Kelly Award The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime True crime is a genre of non-fiction work in which an author examines a crime, including d ...

(2005) Best First Fiction for '' A Private Man'' * Secrets of the Jury Room won an

Alex Buzo Alexander John Buzo (23 July 194416 August 2006) was an Australian playwright and author who wrote 88 works. His literary works recorded Australian culture through wit, humour and extensive use of colloquial Australian English. Biography Ear ...

prize for research * 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. * Winner of the

Colin Roderick Award The Colin Roderick Award is presented annually by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at Queensland's James Cook University for "the best book published in Australia which deals with any aspect of Australian life". It was first presente ...

(2008) for ''Jamaica'' (best book published in Australia in the preceding year dealing with an aspect of Australian life) * Winner of the Ashurst Business Literature Prize (2014) for ''Boom'' * Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2025) for ''The First Friend''

References

External links

Malcolm Knox at Allen & Unwin

Malcolm Knox at Random House
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