Jun 24, 2026 – 7.00amA first-time novelist who once sold his ad business to John Singleton has made the shortlist for the Miles Franklin Literary Award.Steve MinOn’s First Name Second Name joins Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah, My Heart at Evening by Konrad Muller, Fierceland by Omar Musa, Little World by Josephine Rowe and You Must Remember This by Sean Wilson as a finalist in the $60,000, 72-year-old prize for literary fiction.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles