Tim Federle
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| Born | Timothy Michael Federle March 24 Foster City, California, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Humor, Children's |
| Notable awards | Golden Kite Award 2014 Lambda Literary Award 2015 Odyssey Award 2014 and 2015 |
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Tim Federle is an award-winning American novelist and theater librettist. He also has been a performer in Broadway musicals.
Federle wrote the novel Better Nate Than Ever, the cocktail recipe book Tequila Mockingbird, and co-wrote the book for the Broadway musical adaptation of Tuck Everlasting, also titled Tuck Everlasting.
Federle was born in San Mateo, California, and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the setting for much of his fiction. Prior to his writing career, Federle appeared in the original casts of The Little Mermaid and Gypsy (2003 Bernadette Peters revival), as an actor, dancer and singer. He worked on the resident choreographic staff of Billy Elliot the Musical where he was the dance captain.
Better Nate Than Ever (2013, Simon & Schuster ) Federle’s debut novel for middle schoolers, Better Nate Than Ever, tells the story of a teenage boy named Nate, who sneaks away from his home in Pennsylvania to audition for E.T: The Musical on Broadway. In a CNN article about the book, Federle said: "I think so often when you're a kid, we mellow out those more interesting edges in order to coast through middle school quietly. By the time you get to high school, you're left asking, who the heck am I? I would encourage kids to try and figure out the thing that sets you apart, not publicly but that you're passionate about internally."Nate was published to critical acclaim and as of December 2, 2014, is in its seventh printing. Described by the Huffington Post as "Judy Blume as seen through a Stephen Sondheim lens," and the New York Times as "inspired and inspiring,"Better Nate Than Ever has been celebrated as unique for being a "book where teenage sexuality is treated with a light touch". The novel is an Amazon Best Book of 2013, a New York Times Notable Book of 2013, a Stonewall Book Award Honor Book, and a Lambda Literary Award finalist. The audio book is an Odyssey Award Honor Book, and was narrated by Federle.
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