Laura Da’ is the author of the collection of poems Instruments of the True Measure, which won the Washington State Book Award. Her first book, Tributaries, won the 2016 American Book Award. Da’ is Eastern Shawnee and a lifetime resident of the Pacific Northwest. A poet and teacher, she has studied creative writing at the University of Washington and The Institute of American Indian Arts. She is the current Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington, and poet planner for King County, Washington.