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Tim Federle

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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, premiered on Disney+ on April 1, 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 Everlasting," and won the ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 40,645 ratings · 7,297 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Better Nate Than Ever (Better Nate Than Ever, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 8,054 ratings — published 2013 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great American Whatever 3.68 avg rating — 6,489 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle (Goodreads Author), Lauren Mortimer (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 4,296 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five, Six, Seven, Nate! (Better Nate Than Ever, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 2,754 ratings — published 2014 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nate Expectations (Better Nate Than Ever, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 609 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Is Like a Musical: How to Live, Love, and Lead Like a Star 3.98 avg rating — 456 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone with the Gin: Cocktails with a Hollywood Twist 4.14 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tommy Can't Stop! by Tim Federle (Goodreads Author), Mark Fearing (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Are You There God? It's Me, Margarita: More Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle (Goodreads Author), Lauren Mortimer (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hickory Daiquiri Dock: Cocktails with a Nursery Rhyme Twist 4.26 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Better Nate Than Ever (3 books)
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Theater Kid Chronicles (1 book)
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“So what do you like about New York so much? That you would venture all the way here and not tell anyone?”
“Two boys were dancing together in a club,” I want to say, “and nobody stopped them.”
― Tim Federle, Better Nate Than Ever

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“What is life, it comes to me, without the occasional risk of pizza?”
― Tim Federle, Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories

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“But the thing about scars is that, as much as they knot you up, they can make you stronger, too. Collect enough scars and you get a whole extra layer of skin, for free.”
― Tim Federle, Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories

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Polls

Which book would you give the 2014 Newbery award to?

These books were chosen from our It's January thread.

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

22 votes 24.4%

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

15 votes 16.7%

Doll Bones by Holly Black

13 votes 14.4%

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

7 votes 7.8%

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt

6 votes 6.7%

The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata

5 votes 5.6%

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes

5 votes 5.6%

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

5 votes 5.6%

The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

4 votes 4.4%

Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle

4 votes 4.4%

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

2 votes 2.2%

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

2 votes 2.2%

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