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

It has been recommended by educators and librarians as a way of teaching tolerance[1] and youth voices.

[2] Alegria also wrote Sofi's Guide To Getting Lost in Mexico[3] in which Sofi Mendoza goes to a party in TJ (Tijuana) 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.

https://faculty.ucmerced.edu/mmartin-rodriguez/index_files/vhAlegriaMalin.htm Malin Alegria currently resides in San Francisco California[5] and Albuquerque, New Mexico.