Lee McGowan

Lee McGowan is a researcher, teacher and writer. His primary research interests are in the intersections of creative writing, sport and community narratives. He recently co-authored the monographs, Women’s Football in Oceania (Routledge, 2024) with Kasey Symons and Yoko Kanemeasu and Beach Soccer Histories (Routledge 2024) with Elizabeth Ellison and Michele Lastella (both with support from the Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research (ACPIR)).

He also published the monograph, Football in Fiction: a History (Routledge 2019), and co-authored the novel-length work of creative non-fiction, Never Say Die: The Hundred Year Overnight Success of Australian Women’s Football, (NewSouth, 2019) with Fiona Crawford. He has published traditional and non-traditional research outputs including journal articles, book chapters, an exhibition, fiction, and creative non-fiction.

Lee is the Deputy Chair of the Australian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP), the HDR coordinator of ACPIR, and contracted to co-author a monograph with Palgrave on Literary Sports journalism (2026).