Jana elHassan is a Lebanese-American novelist and translator whose works have been translated into several languages around the world.
She is the author of four novels, two of which made the shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (Arab Booker), while her first novel won the Simon Hayek Prize.
Her third work, L'Étage 99, was the first to be translated into English.
Her writing explores themes of identity, memory and love, while probing the imprints left by war and exile on the human soul.
Parallel to her literary career, she has worked since 2009 in journalism, where she has collaborated with major daily newspapers and practiced within several television channels.