Omar Sakr is the acclaimed author of three poetry collections, including The Lost Arabs (UQP, 2019) and Non-Essential Work (UQP, 2023). The Lost Arabs was shortlisted in five significant awards, and won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry; he was the first Arab-Australian poet to receive this major prize. Omar is a widely published essayist and editor whose work has been translated into Arabic and Spanish. Son of Sin is his debut novel.