Teddy Steinkellner is a young adult, an author, and a young adult author. He has written two novels, Trash Can Days: A Middle School Saga and Trash Can Nights: The Saga Continues. Both books tell the story of four middle schoolers—Jake, Danny, Hannah, and Dorothy—as they experience the hilarity and the humilation of junior high. Teddy is a 2011 graduate of Stanford University, where he majored in English and American Studies, and where he began writing Trash Can Days. He currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. He was indeed dumped in a trash can himself as a seventh grader, but luckily he managed to avoid receiving any purple nurples or swirlies. Learn more at teddysteinkellner.com, and follow him on Twitter @TeddySteinkelln.