Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist 2015: Omar Musa, Suzanne McCourt and Christine Piper hit it big with debut works

By Susan Wyndham
Updated April 7 2015 - 10:09am, first published April 1 2015 - 11:01am
Rapper and poet Omar Musa has been longlisted for the Miles Franklin.  Photo: Jay Cronan
Rapper and poet Omar Musa has been longlisted for the Miles Franklin. Photo: Jay Cronan
Rapper and poet Omar Musa has been longlisted for the Miles Franklin.  Photo: Jay Cronan
Rapper and poet Omar Musa has been longlisted for the Miles Franklin. Photo: Jay Cronan
Rapper and poet Omar Musa has been longlisted for the Miles Franklin.  Photo: Jay Cronan
Rapper and poet Omar Musa has been longlisted for the Miles Franklin. Photo: Jay Cronan
Rapper and poet Omar Musa has been longlisted for the Miles Franklin.  Photo: Jay Cronan
Rapper and poet Omar Musa has been longlisted for the Miles Franklin. Photo: Jay Cronan
Elizabeth Harrower: Miles Franklin contender for a novel written in the 1960s.  Photo: Lidia Nikonova
Elizabeth Harrower: Miles Franklin contender for a novel written in the 1960s. Photo: Lidia Nikonova
Elizabeth Harrower: Miles Franklin contender for a novel written in the 1960s.  Photo: Lidia Nikonova
Elizabeth Harrower: Miles Franklin contender for a novel written in the 1960s. Photo: Lidia Nikonova
Elizabeth Harrower: Miles Franklin contender for a novel written in the 1960s.  Photo: Lidia Nikonova
Elizabeth Harrower: Miles Franklin contender for a novel written in the 1960s. Photo: Lidia Nikonova
Elizabeth Harrower: Miles Franklin contender for a novel written in the 1960s.  Photo: Lidia Nikonova
Elizabeth Harrower: Miles Franklin contender for a novel written in the 1960s. Photo: Lidia Nikonova

Queanbeyan rapper and poet Omar Musa is among three debut novelists featured on the Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist. Suzanne McCourt and Christine Piper, who won the Vogel Literary Prize last year, are also first-time novelists.