Steve MinOn is a writer and a child of mixed-race Australia who lives in Meanjin/Brisbane. He has been an award-winning copywriter, and a restaurateur. He has a Bachelor of Communication from the Queensland University of Technology and his articles have appeared on SBS Voices, Mamamia and on his blog. His debut novel was a winner of the 2021 Queensland Writers Centre Publishable program for emerging writers. He has a follow up novel under development.