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 '' Canada Reads''. 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

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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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