Matt Lennox (born 1980 in

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) is a Canadian fiction writer,"The New Recruit: Matt Lennox on The Carpenter"
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'', March 2, 2012. whose 2015 novel ''Knucklehead'' was a longlisted contender for the 2017 edition of ''

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''. A film studies graduate of

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, he enlisted in the

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and served in

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."Tales from Kandahar - just not yet"
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'', March 1, 2010. He then studied creative writing at the

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, and published his debut short story collection ''Men of Salt, Men of Earth'' in 2009. The book was a finalist for the ReLit Awards in the short fiction category in 2010. He published his debut novel ''The Carpenter'' in 2012. The novel was also translated into French as ''Rédemption''. ''Knucklehead'' followed in 2015."Review: Knucklehead serves as an exploration of contemporary manhood"
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'', May 29, 2015.

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