Quiara Alegría Hudes

Quiara Alegría Hudes is an American playwright, producer, lyricist and essayist. She is best known for writing the book for the musical In the Heights, and screenplay for its film adaptation. Hudes' first play in her Elliot Trilogy, Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.