10 Facts About Tim Federle

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Tim Federle is an American author, theater librettist, director and screenwriter whose best-known works include the novel Better Nate Than Ever, the cocktail recipe book Tequila Mockingbird, the Golden Globe Award and Academy Awards nominee Ferdinand, and Disney's High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

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Tim Federle was born in Foster City, California, on March 24,1980, and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the setting for much of his fiction.

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Tim Federle worked on the resident choreographic staff of Billy Elliot the Musical, serving as dance captain.

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In 2021, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures announced a film adaptation of the book with Tim Federle himself serving as both writer and director for the film.

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Tim Federle won his second Odyssey Honor Book award for the audio book edition.

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The Great American Whatever : In June 2015 Huffington Post revealed the cover of Tim Federle's forthcoming young adult novel, The Great American Whatever.

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Tim Federle has said the inspiration for the book was his own mother's book club, which "would dissolve into opening wine".

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Tim Federle made his debut as a musical theater co-librettist in 2016 with the Broadway adaptation of Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting, titled Tuck Everlasting.

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Ferdinand : Tim Federle co-wrote the screenplay for Ferdinand, the 2017 animated film based on Munro Leaf's children's book, The Story of Ferdinand.

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Tim Federle is the writer and executive producer of the Disney+ series and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.