Author
Malín Alegria was raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. She’s a graduate of UC Santa Barbara and received her MA in Education. She is a teacher, organic gardener, seed activist, Aztec dancer, and performer.
“Estrella’s Quinceñera” was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006. Her second novel “Sofi Mendoza’s Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico” was released May 2007. Her short stories have appeared in the anthologies “Once Upon a Cuento,” and “15 Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and other Quinceañera Stories”. Malin's Border Town 4-book series was released with Scholastic in 2012 and 2013. Most recently, Malin wrote the Big Golden Book of Coco, released in October 2017.
“Estrella’s Quinceñera” was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006. Her second novel “Sofi Mendoza’s Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico” was released May 2007. Her short stories have appeared in the anthologies “Once Upon a Cuento,” and “15 Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and other Quinceañera Stories”. Malin's Border Town 4-book series was released with Scholastic in 2012 and 2013. Most recently, Malin wrote the Big Golden Book of Coco, released in October 2017.
- “Estrella’s Quinceañera” was selected Bitch Media’s 100 YA books for Feminist Readers.
- Malin was also selected 2009 BEST New Authors to Watch and Read by Latinostories.com
- 2011 Malin was featured on NPR’s special series: 2 Languages, Many Voices, Latinos in the US.
- Top 15 Most fashionable Authors, http://www.student365.co.uk/Feature/536,Fashionable-authors
