Angela Morales (born 1966, Los Angeles) is an American essayist, writer, and educator.

Some of the themes in her writing include motherhood, violence, female coming-of-age, and Mexican American cultural identity.

She lives in Pasadena, California with her husband Patrick Conyers and their children, Mira and Leo.

Morales is the recipient of the River Teeth Book Prize and the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.

She worked as the Writer-in-Residence in Denali National Park[3] and has been awarded fellowships at MacDowell Colony and Yaddo.