Malú Huacuja del Toro (born 1961) is a feminist, awarded Mexican novelist´, playwright and screenwriter. She was born in Mexico City. Her first novel, Crimen sin faltas de ortografía (Crime without Spelling Mistakes) published when she was 25, was judged best finalist in the Plaza & Janés First International Crime Novel Competition in Spanish, and sold the entire first edition within two months. She has published seven novels, four short-story collections, and two screenplays in Spanish.