Becky Albertalli

Becky Albertalli is an American author of young adult fiction and a former clinical psychologist. Her 2015 debut novel, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, won the William C. Morris Award for best young adult debut and was adapted into the 2018 film Love, Simon, which inspired the spin-off series Love, Victor.

She has since written several more YA novels, including The Upside of Unrequited, Leah on the Offbeat, Kate in Waiting and Imogen, Obviously, and has co-authored What If It's Us and its sequel Here's to Us with Adam Silvera, and Yes No Maybe So with Aisha Saeed. She lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area with her husband and two sons.