In The ZONA - East Valley Feb. 2014 | Page 11

ez on in the th a. ZONA in where good kids can be famous too! co m Tim Federle, a well known children’s author is going to be coming to Liberty Arts Academy as part of his cross-country tour!  O Tim Federle grew up in San Francisco and Pittsburgh before moving to New York to dance on Broadway, where he appeared in the original casts of The Little Mermaid and Gypsy before coaching the child stars of Billy Elliot. Tim’s debut novel for kids,  Better Nate Than Ever — described as “Judy Blume as seen through a Stephen Sondheim lens” by Huffington Post — was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2013, a Slate.com Favorite Book of the Year, and a Best Book of the Year by both Amazon and Publishers Weekly. This is a FREE event and Liberty Arts Academy will be open to the public if anyone wou