Jodi Picoult is a New York Times bestselling author with over 40 million books in print. She cofounded the Trumbull Hall Troupe as a means of providing her own children with a meaningful musical theater experience, which would also allow them to make a difference in the lives of children in need. She has collaborated on seven musicals with composer Ellen Wilber, all of which were debuted by the Trumbull Hall Troupe, and two of which have been licensed and subsequently performed by teen theater groups around the world.