Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston was an American writer renowned for her works focusing on ethnic identity formation in the United States. She was born on September 26, 1934, and passed away on December 21, 2024.

Her most celebrated work is the autobiographical novel Farewell to Manzanar, which provides a deeply personal account of her experiences in World War II incarceration camps. This novel has been instrumental in educating generations of young people about the Japanese American incarceration.