Hailey Alcaraz (she/her/hers)

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 "Up in Flames" and "Rosa by Any Other Name." Alcaraz lives in Scottsdale with her husband, two daughters and precocious German shepherd, Lemon.

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Communities: Arizona Author, Hispanic or Latinx, Mixed Race

CATS Friday

The CATS Friday event with area teens is scheduled from 9:00-1:00 and involves an opening panel, workshops on writing and illustrating, and book signing. School groups must be registered ahead of time for this event. Contact Sybil Durand for more info.

Education Room 211 (Kiva) (Seats 200)  
Fri, Mar 13, 9:00 am - 12:55 pm
Teen
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Lower Level (following presentation)  

Panelists: Hailey Alcaraz, Scott Campbell, Saraciea Fennell, Idris Goodwin, Tiffany D. Jackson, Lars Kenseth, Adib Khorram, Cynthia Leitich Smith

Survival and Action in an Unfair World

To survive in an unfair world, teens take action to challenge discrimination, inequity, and conflicting agendas and uncover the truth. Three authors write across the past, present, and future to immerse readers in compelling tales of power and privilege.

YA Author Stage (Seats 84)  
Sat, Mar 14, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Teen
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelists: Hailey Alcaraz, Carolina Ixta, Neal Shusterman
Moderator: Kaitlin Murphy

Sell Your Book: How to Write Query Letters

Explore the art of writing an effective one-page query letter as a sales pitch to an agent or editor to interest them in a book project. Hailey Alcaraz shares the important components of a query letter and invites writers to create a draft of a letter for their own book ideas.

Education Room 351 (Seats 46, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 14, 2:30 pm - 3:25 pm
Children
Signing area: Signing Area - Children (following presentation)  

Panelist: Hailey Alcaraz
Moderator: BAAC Will Fill 1

Books:

Rosa by Any Other Name

Teen
Penguin Group
August 2025
ISBN 9780593525579
416 pages
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