Malin Alegria


Malin Alegria is an American author of Youth literature, who primarily focuses on the genre of young adult novels.

Written work and topics

Her first book Estrella's Quinceañera deals with a girl's struggle between a traditional quinceañera and an American-style Sweet 16 birthday party. It is based in San Jose, California. Estrella's Quinceañera was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006.
It has been recommended by educators and librarians as a way of teaching tolerance and youth voices
Alegria also wrote Sofi's Guide To Getting Lost in Mexico in which Sofi Mendoza goes to a party in TJ to hook up with her biggest crush but finds out her green card is fake. Then she has to endure cooking, cleaning and a truck that smells like Chinese food.
Malin is currently at work on a teen book series for Scholastic, "Border Town", about a fictional town in South Texas.
Malin conducts readings across the United States.

Personal life

Malin Alegria currently resides in San Francisco California and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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