Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian American writer from Jerusalem currently living in Pennsylvania. She has written two highly acclaimed novels, Mornings in Jenin (Bloomsbury 2010) and The Blue Between Sky and Water (Bloomsbury 2015). Her political commentary has appeared in numerous outlets throughout the United States and internationally. In 2001, Abulhawa founded Playgrounds for Palestine, an NGO that builds safe spaces for children in the occupied territories and UN refugee camps.