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Malcolm Knox

マルコム・ノックス

Marukomu Nokkusu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1966 (Sydney, Australia)
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Sydney → Scotland

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Author, Novelist
Active Years
2000-2024
Affiliations
The Sydney Morning Herald, Copyright Agency, Chappell Foundation, Australian Society of Authors
Memberships
Australian Society of Authors
Nominations
Commonwealth Book Prize shortlist (A Private Man), Tasmanian Premier's Award shortlist (A Private Man), Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award runner-up (2004), Walter Scott Prize longlist (The First Friend, 2025), ARA Historical Novel Prize Adult category shortlist (The First Friend, 2025)

Awards

Walkley Award
2004
Work: Norma Khouri exposé
Category: Investigative Journalism
Organization: Walkley Foundation
Result: Winner
Ned Kelly Award
2005
Work: A Private Man
Category: Best First Fiction
Result: Winner
Colin Roderick Award
2008
Work: Jamaica
Result: Winner
Ashurst Business Literature Prize
2014
Work: Boom
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Private Man

2004 Novel

A story of a private man.

Jamaica

2007 Novel

A novel set in Jamaica.

The Life

2011 Novel

The First Friend

2024 Historical Fiction

Bibliography

  • Summerland (2000)
  • A Private Man (2004)
  • Jamaica (2007)
  • The Life (2011)
  • The Wonder Lover (2015)
  • Bluebird (2020)
  • The First Friend (2024)
  • Taylor And Beyond (2000)
  • I Still Call Australia Home (2005)
  • 1788 Words or Less (2005)
  • Secrets of the Jury Room (2006)
  • Scattered (2008)
  • On Obsession (2008)
  • The Greatest (2009)
  • The Captains (2010)
  • Fierce Focus (2011)
  • Bradman's War (2012)
  • Never a Gentlemen's Game (2012)
  • Boom (2013)
  • Supermarket Monsters (2015)
  • The Keepers (2015)
  • Phillip Hughes: The Official Biography (2015)

Legacy

Prominent Australian journalist, non-fiction author, and novelist known for his work at the Sydney Morning Herald and numerous awards.

Trivia

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