Tim Federle

About the Author

Tim Federle is an Emmy-nominated writer/director and the creator of the GLAAD award-winning High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and Coven Academy. He wrote the stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman and wrote and directed the feature film Better Nate Than Ever, based on the New York Times Notable Book. Federle lives and drinks in Los Angeles.

Lauren Mortimer is the illustrator of the bestselling cocktail recipe books Tequila Mockingbird, Gone with the Gin, and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margarita. She studied Fashion Communication with Promotion at Central Saint Martins before deciding that she’d make a career being an illustrator. Lauren feels inspired and content when she’s sitting in a park, looking at birds through a pair of binoculars, listening to folk music, or sketching. Her clients include Running Press, Penguin Random House, Nike, the BBC, Nespresso, Le Monde, Vanity Fair, Scholastic, Sony, and more. She lives in London.