Tim Federle

Tim Federle is the showrunner and executive producer ofHigh School Musical: the Musical: the Series, which he created for Disney+. His novels include theNew York TimesNotable BookBetter Nate Than Everand 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 ofNate, 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, includingTequila Mockingbird, have sold over half a million copies worldwide. He cowrote the Broadway musical adaptation ofTuck Everlastingand won the Humanitas Prize for cowriting the Golden Globe and Academy Award–nominated Best Animated FeatureFerdinand, 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.