Phil Bildner (he/him) is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young people including the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor-winning middle grade novel, A High Five for Glenn Burke. Phil is a former attorney, a former New York City Public School teacher, and the founder and President of The Author Village, an author booking business. He lives in Newburgh, New York with his husband in a two hundred-year-old farmhouse.