SUSAN MUADDI DARRAJ is the author of A Curious Land, winner of the American Book Award and a finalist for the Palestine Book Award. She is also the author of the Farah Rocks children’s book series, the first to feature a Palestinian American character. Muaddi Darraj is a United States Artists Ford Fellow and past winner of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Independent Artist Award. Her latest book is Behind You Is the Sea: A Novel (HarperVia), about the lives of three Palestinian immigrant families. She lives in Baltimore and teaches at Harford Community College and Johns Hopkins University.