Alisa Valdes

Alisa Valdes is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many novels. Published in eleven languages and with more than one million books in print, Alisa was named one of the 25 Most Influential Hispnics in the United States by Time magazine; Latina magazine named her a Woman of the Year; Entertainment Weekly hailed her as a Breakout Literary Star; and Hispanic Business magazine has twice named her among the 100 Most Influential people in the nation. Alisa is a former staff writer for the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times, and holds a master's in journalism from Columbia University. Alisa is also a screenwriter and TV and film producer, and a playwright and composer with a bachelor's from Berklee College of Music.