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An exclusive bookmark only for Kickstarter.com supporters and your name on the thank-you page of our website.

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$5 coupon off the cost of any book purchase from our online store in the first two seasons, excluding shipping and your name on the thank-you page of our website.

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An e-book of one of our first two books (to be released in 2010).

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All of the $5 rewards, and a $10 coupon off the cost of any book purchase from our online store, excluding shipping.

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One ARC (advance reader's copy) of our second book two months before it is released in 2010.

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An ARC (advance reader's copy) of our first book two months before the book's release date.

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A copy of one our first two books (to be released in 2010) doodled in personally by our editorial director, Stacy Whitman. You can even request what she'll doodle.

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An author visit to your location (in the US only, sorry), including school/library visit and booksigning and dinner with the author. (You may choose between either of our first two authors.) This trip will be scheduled after the release of that author's book.

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Editorial Director Stacy Whitman is the founder of Tu Publishing. She is a freelance editor specializing in fantasy and science fiction for children and young adults. She spent three years as an editor for Mirrorstone, the children’s and young adult imprint of Wizards of the Coast in Seattle. She holds a master’s degree in children’s literature from Simmons College. Before that, she edited elementary school textbooks at Houghton Mifflin, interned at the Horn Book Magazine and Guide, and spent a brief stint working as a bookseller. Stacy edited such favorite fantasy titles for children and young adults as the highly acclaimed YA series Hallowmere, the middle grade fantasy adventure series that debuted with Red Dragon Codex, and The New York Times best-selling picture book A Practical Guide to Monsters.

In her day job, Stacy is the publication manager for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series.

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