ALISA VALDÉS is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Dirty Girls Social Club (St. Martin's Press, 2003), Hollow Beasts (Thomas & Mercer, 2023) and Blood Mountain (Thomas & Mercer, 2024). With more than one million books in eleven languages in print of The Dirty Girls Social Club, she was included on Time's list of the twenty-five most influential Hispanics. An award-winning print and broadcast journalist, Valdés is a former staff writer for both the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe.