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Alisa Valdes
American writer (born 1969)
Alisa Valdes | |
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Valdes in Mexico, August 2013 | |
| Born | (1969-02-28) February 28, 1969 (age 55) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
| Genre | Women's commercial fiction / Chick lit; young adult |
| Spouse | Patrick Rodriguez (m. 1998; div. 2005) |
| Children | 1 |
Alisa Valdes (born 1969 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American author, journalist, and film producer, known for her bestselling novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club.
Early life
Valdes was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1] Her father, Nelson Valdés, is a retired sociology professor at the University of New Mexico, and emigrated from Cuba in the early 1960s.[2] Her mother, Maxine Conant, is a seventh-generation New Mexican of mixed heritage, including Spanish, Mexican, Portuguese Jewish, Puebloan, and Irish ancestry,[3] and is a NEWS - AlisaValdesRodriguez QOK