Tobias McCorkell holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne on 'blank fiction' in Australia and the United States (awarded 2017). He teaches creative writing at a tertiary level. In 2015, the manuscript for his dissertation novel, Barely Anything, was awarded the University of Melbourne/Affirm Press Prize for Creative Writing
As 'Tobias Anthony', he published light non-fiction, humour, and gift books with Smith Street Books.