Tim Federle is the showrunner and executive producer of High School Musical: the Musical: the Series, which he created for Disney+. His novels include the New York Times Notable Book Better Nate Than Ever and its Lambda Literature Award-winning sequel--which Lin-Manuel Miranda called "a wonderful evocation of what it's like to be a theater kid" (New York Times). A film adaptation of Nate, written and directed by Federle, will premiere on Disney+ in spring 2022. The film stars Aria Brooks, Joshua Bassett, Lisa Kudrow, and Rueby Wood as Nate. Tim's hit series of cocktail recipe books, including Tequila Mockingbird, have sold over half a million copies worldwide. He cowrote the Broadway musical adaptation of Tuck Everlastingand won the Humanitas Prize for cowriting the Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated Best Animated Feature Ferdinand, starring John Cena and Kate McKinnon. A former Broadway dancer, Tim was born in San Francisco, grew up in Pittsburgh, and now divides his time between Los Angeles and the internet.
The Great American Whatever knocked me out. Tim Federle writes with
a rare voice -- original, authentic, engaging.--Rob Thomas, author
of Rats Saw God and creator of Veronica Mars
A raw nerve of a book--so perfectly tender and funny and true. My
heart now belongs to The Great American Whatever. Officially.
Completely.--Becky Albertalli, author of Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens
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Federle's YA debut takes its place in the lineage of Stephen
Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower and John Green's
coming-of-age tales.-- "Horn Book Magazine"
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