The Bart Book/Credits

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THE SIMPSONS™ LIBRARY OF WISDOM THE BART BOOK

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FIRST EDITION

ISBN 0-06-111660-2

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Publisher: Matt Groening Creative Director: Bill Morrison Managing Editor: Terry Delegeane Director of Operations: Robert Zaugh Art Director: Nathan Kane Special Projects Art Director: Serban Cristescu Production Manager: Christopher Ungar Production/Design: Karen Bates, Art Villanueva Staff Artists: Chia-Hsien Jason Ho, Mike Rote Production Assistant: Nathan Hamill Administration: Sherri Smith Legal Guardian: Susan A. Grode

THE SIMPSONS™ LIBRARY OF WISDOM

Conceived and Edited by Bill Morrison Book Design and Production by Serban Cristescu Contributing Editor: Terry Delegeane Research and Production Assistance: Nathan Hamill

Contributing Artists: John Costanza, Serban Cristescu, Mike DeCarlo, John Delaney, Luis Escobar, Chia-Hsien Jason Ho, William Mahaney, Bill Morrison, Kevin M. Newman, Mike Rote, Kevin Segna, Chris Ungar

Contributing Writers: Jamie Angell, Scott M. Gimple, Nathan Hamill, Jesse L. McCann, Bill Morrison, Eric Rogers

HarperCollins Editors: Susan Weinberg, Kate Travers

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