Adam Tobin is the writer and lyricist of She Persisted: The Musical, adapted from Chelsea Clinton's children's book for Bay Area Children's Theatre. A Senior Lecturer teaching screenwriting and television at Stanford University, Tobin created the television series About a Girl and Best Friend's Date for Viacom's The-N network (now TeenNick), won an Emmy for writing on Discovery Channel's Cash Cab, and worked in script development for Jim Henson Pictures and The National Basketball Association. He has taught story seminars to Dreamworks Animation, Aardman Animation, and Blue Sky Studios. Tobin also performed with Los Angeles Theatresports and the comedy group The But Franklies, and was a founding member of the Stanford Improvisors. He holds a bachelor's degree from Stanford in English and an MFA from USC School of Cinematic Arts in Screenwriting.