Becky Albertalli is an award-winning, New York Times Best Selling American author of young adult fiction. She is well known for her debut novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, which earned her the American Library Association's William C. Morris Award as 2015's best debut novel written for teens. The novel was adapted for film in 2018 as Love, Simon. Her other works include The Upside of Unrequited, Leah on the Offbeat, and the upcoming What If It's Us , an upcoming work co-written with Adam Silvera.