Stacy Whitman specializes in fantasy and science fiction for children and young adults, and related genres. She is the founder of Tu Publishing, a small press dedicated to publishing multicultural 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.

Stacy provides all phases of editorial services to publishers, including developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading. She also teaches occasional community seminars on writing science fiction and fantasy for children and young adults.

Publishers may contact her at stacylwhitman AT gmail.com. Writers wanting to discuss critiques should first look on the critique page to ensure that they’ve gotten all the information they need.

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