Matt Lennox

Matt Lennox (born 1980 in Orillia, Ontario) is a Canadian fiction writer,^[1] whose 2015 novel Knucklehead was a longlisted contender for the 2017 edition of Canada Reads.^[2]

Matt Lennox
Born	1980 Orillia, Ontario
Occupation	novelist, short story writer
Language	English
Nationality	Canadian
Years active	2000s-present
Notable works	Men of Salt, Men of Earth, Knucklehead

A film studies graduate of York University,^[1] he enlisted in the Canadian Army and served in Kandahar, Afghanistan.^[3] He then studied creative writing at the University of Guelph,^[3] and published his debut short story collection Men of Salt, Men of Earth in 2009.^[1] 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.^[1] The novel was also translated into French as Rédemption.^[4] Knucklehead followed in 2015.^[5]