Adapted from the Acclaimed Memoir:  Buzz Pick and longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal. Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author: Hudes was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Water by the Spoonful. Awards for Quiara Alegría Hudes: Other awards include the Lucille Lortel Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and a HOLA award. Screenwriting: Hudes wrote the screenplay for the critically-acclaimed film In the Heights, which she adapted from the musical of the same name that she wrote with Lin-Manuel Miranda. Hudes also co-wrote the screenplay for the animated film Vivo with songs by Miranda.