[9][10] The New York Times has described him as 'fiendishly clever'[11] and The Independent as a 'virtuoso phrasemaker' and one of the most humane writers of his generation.

[12] Docx was cited as one of the 21 most gifted young writers from around the world by The Hay Festival Committee (2008).

Hogan and has worked variously with Andrew Davies, Ringside Productions, Rainmark and Mandabach on television drama in the UK.

[15] Docx co-writes the Swift and Hawk series of children's books with Matthew Plampin under the pen name Logan Macx.

A review in The New Yorker says "Docx has a gift for assessing “the exact shape and weight of other people’s inner selves, the architecture of their spirit” and even his most ancillary characters flare into being, vital and insistent.

[29] He has written widely on the cultural importance of literature and is a regular teacher of the Guardian's Masterclass series on fiction.

[30] During the leadup to the 2016 Brexit vote, Docx campaigned publicly for the UK to remain in the European Union.