Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| My Broken Language: A Memoir |
2021 |
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Plays#
| Title |
Published |
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| Holy Broth |
2004 |
Buy |
| Yemaya’s Belly |
2008 |
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| 26 Miles |
2011 |
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| Daphne’s Dive |
2017 |
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| Miss You Like Hell |
2018 |
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| The Good Peaches |
2020 |
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| My Broken Language |
2024 |
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Poetry Collections#
| Title |
Published |
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| Welcome to My Neighborhood!: A Barrio ABC |
2010 |
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Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
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| The White Hot |
2025 |
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The Elliot Trilogy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Water by the Spoonful |
2011 |
Buy |
| Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Happiest Song Plays Last |
2013 |
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Quiara Alegria Hudes is a writer who works across plays, memoir, poetry, and fiction. Her best-known work is the Elliot Trilogy, a sequence of three plays that follows a character named Elliot through different stages of life. Water by the Spoonful, the second play in that trilogy, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The trilogy begins with Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue and concludes with The Happiest Song Plays Last.
Beyond the Elliot plays, Hudes has written extensively for the stage, with titles like Yemaya’s Belly, Daphne’s Dive, and Miss You Like Hell among her credits. Her memoir My Broken Language appeared in 2021, and she’s also written a children’s poetry book, Welcome to My Neighborhood!: A Barrio ABC. Her most recent work is the 2025 novel The White Hot.
With thirteen published works spanning two decades, Hudes has built a wide-ranging catalog. Readers new to her writing might start with the Elliot Trilogy for her dramatic work, or My Broken Language for something more personal.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Quiara Alegría Hudes written?
Quiara Alegría Hudes has written thirteen books across five series.
What was Quiara Alegría Hudes's first book?
Quiara Alegría Hudes’s first book is Holy Broth, published in 2004.
What genres does Quiara Alegría Hudes write in?
Quiara Alegría Hudes writes non-fiction, and poetry. Their best-known work includes the The Elliot Trilogy series.