Hailey Alcaraz writes multicultural coming-of-age books about girls using their heartbreak to change the world. She began her writing career in the sixth grade as a Kid Reporter for Time For Kids and remains passionate about crafting stories about identity, love, and resilience. She is the author of two YA novels, Up in Flames and Rosa By Any Other Name, and the forthcoming middle grade novel, Five Days at the Hotel Adams.

Hailey lives in Scottsdale with her husband, two daughters, and precocious German shepherd, Lemon.

She is represented by Michelle Wolfson at Wolfson Literary.