Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a Palestinian poet, essayist, and translator. She is the author of three books: Water & Salt, winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award; Kaan and Her Sisters (Trio House, 2023); and the forthcoming Something about Living (University of Akron, 2024), winner of the 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry. In 2022, Tuffaha was the cocurator of the translation series Poems from Palestine for The Baffler. She lives in Redmond, Washington, with her family.