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Born 1986 in Carbondale

Hala Alyan (Arabic: هَلَا عَلْيَان, romanized: Ḥalā ʿAlyān; born July 27, 1986) is a Palestinian-American writer, poet, and clinical psychologist specializing in trauma, addiction, and cross-cultural behavior. She is the author of the novels Salt Houses (2017) and The Arsonists' City (2021), the memoir I'll Tell You When I'm Home (2025), and five poetry collections. Alyan's honors include an Arab American Book Award in 2013 and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in 2018. Her memoir I'll Tell You When I'm Home won the GLCA New Writers Award for creative nonfiction in 2026 and was longlisted for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award. The book was a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize.

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