TAKE A BOW, NOAH MITCHELL

Seventeen-year-old loner Noah Mitchell is hopelessly in love with his virtual best friend, MagePants69, even though they are not allowed to meet in real life or share any identifying information.

Noah is in love with his online best friend. Which is a huge problem, for the following reasons: 1. His crush has no idea. 2. Noah only knows him as his gaming avatar. 3. There's zero chance they'll ever meet in real life. So, when Noah sees an opportunity to secretly meet his crush, he takes it. Even though he'll have to join the cast of a local production of Chicago with his self-obsessed mother. Even though he'll need to lie to his best (and only) friend. And even though he'll have to sing and dance in front of actual people. Because love is worth the risk. And, really, what could possibly go wrong? Tobias Madden is a writer and editor from Sydney, Australia. Originally from Ballarat, Victo- ria, he worked for ten years as a dancer, touring Australia and New Zealand with musicals such as Mary Poppins, CATS, Singin' in the Rain, and Guys and Dolls. In 2019, Tobias edited and published Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories, the first #LoveOzYA anthology for previ- ously unpublished Aussie young adult fiction writers. Tobias is a passionate member of the #LoveOzYA and LGBTQ+ communities, and he currently works for Bloomsbury Australia as a Digital Marketing Executive and YA Publicist.