Jeannette Lara & Michael J. Beall are a dynamic writing duo known for crafting heartfelt, humorous, and heroic stories about unlikely heroes discovering their true selves.

Their work is often inspired by heritage and universal themes of identity and belonging. Together, Jeannette and Michael have over 80 professional writing credits across top-tier studios, including Duolingo, Tonies, Netflix, Apple TV+, YouTube Originals, Amazon, and many others.

They have also developed for Moonbug, DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Disney, Sesame Workshop, 3PAS, Grab Bag Entertainment, and Encantos.

They are Signal Award-winning writers, having received both Bronze and Listener’s Choice awards for an episode of Nickelodeon’s narrative podcast, “Backyardigan’s Guess & Go".