Dan Box Dan Box i(A94946 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Journalist Dan Box is the recognised authority on the Private Jake Kovco's death, having covered the military inquiry and coronial inquest for The Australian newspaper. Prior to coming to Australia, he worked for London's Sunday Times.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2016 winner Walkley Award with digital producer Eric George in the categories of Radio News and Current Affairs Journalism; Radio Documentary, Feature, Podcast or Special; and Investigative Journalism.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Man Who Wasn't There Ultimo : Ultimo Press , 2023 26416964 2023 single work biography

'A true story about lies, murder and the Territory

''Sorry, mate, but that's the message.' Zak says to grow some balls and defend him.
You've got to remember he is still a young bloke, stuck in Darwin prison where it's always hot, the food is slop and they get rats in the wet season.
It's not enough just to help him get out; Zak wants people to accept his innocence and that he was wrongfully convicted.
'I don't know what you want to do with that,' he tells me.

'Zak Grieve grew up in an outback town, at the crossroads between right and wrong, white and black, punishment and forgiving. Convicted of a brutal killing despite even the judge saying he wasn’t there when it happened, he spent years writing letters describing his hopes and dreams, his role in what happened, and how when the real world came down on him with a tonne of punishment, he wasn't ready.

'This is a book about growing up, about dying and about writing. In the end, it is only Zak's imagination, given life in the novels he also writes inside prison, that hold the key to his survival.

'In the grand tradition of Helen Garner's Joe Cinque's Consolationand Chloe Hooper'sThe Tall Man, this is a gripping story of injustice in the Deep North of Australia.' (Publication summary)

2024 longlisted Indie Awards Nonfiction
y separately published work icon Bowraville Melbourne : Viking , 2019 15449719 2019 single work prose crime

'From the creator of the Walkley Award-winning podcast comes the story of a small Australian town, the murders of three children and a desperate fight for justice.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 winner Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing Best True Crime
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