Elena Dudum author biography, plus links to books by Elena Dudum.

Elena Dudum

Elena Dudum is a Palestinian American writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, Time, Cosmopolitan, and Bon Appétit, among others. In 2025, she was awarded the Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for early chapters in They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful. Her work has been supported by The de Groot Foundation, Tin House, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and Hedgebrook. Born in San Francisco, she now divides her time between New York and London. They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful is her first book.

This biography was last updated on 10/27/2026.

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