Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is an American author of more than a dozen novels, with more than a million books in print. Her debut novel with St. Martin's Press, The Dirty Girls Social Club, landed on the New York Times bestseller list its first day out and is currently in development for a TV show with Universal Television Studios. In her early career, Alisa wrote mostly commercial women's fiction. In recent years, she's veered towards thrillers, with the launch of the Jodi Luna suspense series with Thomas & Mercer Books. The first book in that series, Hollow Beasts, was named one of the 10 best mystery novels of 2023 by The Washington Post. The Jodi Luna books are in development for TV series at 20th Century Television with Gina Torres to star. Alisa also writes critically acclaimed suspenseful young adult novels with ghost themes, such as Haters, and The Temptation of Demetrio Vigil. She's a single mother empty-nester and lives in rural New Mexico with a couple of dogs and a cat.