Omar Musa

Omar bin Musa is a Malaysian-Australian author, poet, rapper, and visual artist from Queanbeyan, New South Wales. He has released four hip hop records, four books of poetry, and the novel Here Come the Dogs, which was long-listed for the Miles Franklin Award and the International Dublin Literary Award. Musa was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Young Novelists of the Year in 2015. He released a second novel, Fierceland, in 2025.