Tim Federle's hit series of cocktail recipe books, including
Tequila Mockingbird,
Gone with the Gin, and
Are You There, God? It's Me Margarita, have sold over half a million copies worldwide. Declared "a prolific scribe whose breezy wit isn't bound to a single genre" (
Huffington Post), Federle is the creator and showrunner of the GLAAD-winning
High School Musical: the Musical: the Series on Disney+; won the Humanitas Prize for co-writing the Oscar-nominated Best Animated Feature
Ferdinand; and wrote and directed the Disney+ original film
Better Nate Than Ever, based upon his
New York Times Notable Book of the same title. He 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.