title: The Thank You Book: Hundreds of Clever, Meaningful, and Purposeful Ways to Say Thank You
author: Robyn Freedman Spizman
description: Robyn Freedman Spizman is a veteran television personality and consumer advocate with twenty years of experience researching and reporting as "The Super Shopper" on NBC affiliate WXIA-TV. She is the author of over sixty-five educational, parenting and how-to books. Her media appearances include CNN, NBC, NPR, the Oxygen Network, and the Discovery Channel. Her how-to advice has appeared in USA Today, The New York Times, and Cosmopolitan, among others. She resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her family.
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  **ACKNOWLEDGMENTS**
  
  
  BECAUSE THIS IS MY first book, my inclination is to thank everyone in the
  known universe—from my mail carrier to the girl who sold me coffee the day I
  got “the call” from Razorbill. And I know I can’t do that. But the truth is,
  it takes a village to write a book. Just ask the following people—they belong
  to mine, and I thank them with bottomless gratitude:
  
  
  My agent, Laura Rennert (unimaginably patient and supportive); my editor,
  Kristen Pettit (brilliant, yet always amusing); my husband and children (three
  of the coolest people on the planet, and I’m not just saying that); Karen and
  Feven (for being real with me) and the rest of my critique posse—including
  Tom, Jan, Julie, Doug, Naheed, Pennie, Liahna, Liz, Jennifer, Ilene, Sylvie,
  and the ladies from the SCBWI retreat; my friends at Challenge Day
  (inspirational to the tenth power); and the rest of my family for riding this
  roller-coaster ride along with me . . .
  
  
  And for all the kids who have the courage to