Eva Lucia Saulitis (May 10, 1963 – January 16, 2016) was an American marine biologist and poet, based in Alaska.
[4][5] Saulitis taught creative writing at Kenai Peninsula College, and in the University of Alaska Anchorage's MFA program.
[6] She was one of the founders of the Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference,[3] and co-founder of the North Gulf Oceanic Society.
In preparation for her own death, she and her family built her coffin together, woven from branches and grasses found in their surroundings.
[3][25] In 2019, Randon Billings Noble of The Rumpus recommended Saulitis's Leaving Resurrection in a list titled "What to Read When You’re Haunted".