Daniel Allen Cox est l'auteur de I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer ex-Jehovah's Witness, finaliste du Grand Prix du livre de Montréal. Ses romans Shuck, Krakow Melt, Basement of Wolves et Mouthquake ont été nominés pour les prix Lambda Literary, Ferro-Grumley, ReLit et American Library Association. Mouthquake était l'une des vingt-sept œuvres sélectionnées pour QuébeQueer, un aperçu de cinquante ans de production culturelle queer au Québec.

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Ses essais et nouvelles ont été publiés dans The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Catapult, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, The Florida Review, TriQuarterly, The Malahat Review, Fourth Genre, Maisonneuve, filling Station, The Advocate, Xtra, ainsi que dans de nombreuses anthologies. Son essai « The Glow of Electrum » a été finaliste pour un prix du magazine canadien 2021 et a été nommé un essai « Notable »  dans The Best American Essays 2021. Son essai « You Can't Blame Movers for Everything Broken » est réimprimé dans Best Canadian Essays 2024 et a été nommé un essai « Notable » dans The Best American Essays 2023.

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​Il a participé à de nombreux jurys, notamment pour les Lambda Literary Awards, les Manitoba Book Awards et le Writers' Trust, la plus grande organisme de prix littéraires au Canada. Daniel a été juge du concours Artist of Promise 2023 et juge du Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize 2023. Il est récipiendaire de subventions du Conseil des Arts du Canada et du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

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Daniel est apparu au Festival littéraire international de Montréal Blue Metropolis, Victoria Authors Festival, GritLit, Thin Air, Ottawa Writers Festival, Atlanta Queer Writers Festival , Westfest, Toronto Public Library et à la librairie Strand à New York. Il a également apparu à Columbia College Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University, l'Université McGill, l'Université Concordia, Wilfrid Laurier University, et California College of the Arts. Daniel a travaillé en tant que professeur d'écriture pour Catapult et pour le Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Il a été mentor en écriture à l'Association of Writers & Writing Programs et au Quebec Writers’ Federation, dont il est l’ancien président.

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Il est représenté par Akin Akinwumi à Willenfield Literary Agency.

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Daniel Allen Cox is the author of the memoir-in-essays I Felt the End Before It Came, a finalist for the Grand Prix du livre de Montreal. His novels Shuck, Krakow Melt, Basement of Wolves, and Mouthquake have been nominated for the Lambda Literary, Ferro-Grumley, ReLit, and American Library Association awards. Mouthquake was one of twenty-seven works selected for inclusion in QuébeQueer, a fifty-year overview of queer cultural production in Quebec.

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Daniel’s essays and short fiction have appeared in The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Catapult, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, The Florida Review, TriQuarterly, The Malahat Review, Fourth Genre, Maisonneuve, filling Station, The Advocate, Xtra, as well as in numerous anthologies. His essay “The Glow of Electrum” was a finalist for a 2021 Canadian National Magazine Award in Personal Journalism and was named a Notable essay in The Best American Essays 2021. His essay "You Can't Blame Movers for Everything Broken" is reprinted in Best Canadian Essays 2024 and was named a Notable essay in The Best American Essays 2023.

 

​He has chaired and participated in numerous juries, including for the Lambda Literary Awards, the Manitoba Book Awards, and the Writers' Trust, the largest literary prize organization in Canada. Daniel was essay judge for the 2023 Artist of Promise Creative Writing Competition, and is the 2023 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize judge. He is a recipient of grants from the Canada Council and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec.

 

Daniel has appeared at Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, Victoria Festival of Authors, GritLit, Thin Air, Ottawa International Writers Festival, the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival, Westfest, Toronto Public Library, and The Strand Bookstore. He has spoken at academic institutions across North America, including Columbia College Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University, McGill University, Concordia University, Wilfrid Laurier University, and California College of the Arts. Daniel has worked as a writing instructor for Catapult and the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. He has served as a writing mentor for the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, and for Quebec Writers’ Federation, of which he is past president.

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He is represented by Akin Akinwumi at Willenfield Literary Agency.