If you remember, I first started doing this with the author photo for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (which will launch on July 1st!) where a glamour studio in Taiwan took me from this:
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![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ivRDSeXHgUg/R_XFTi_smSI/AAAAAAAAB7A/jUo1_fXGr18/s200/authorpicture_costume.gif)
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Now, my book coming coming out in Spring '10 is "Ling and Ting." It a fun, sweet and silly early reader (grades K-3) featuring Chinese-American Twins in polka-dot dresses and cupcake cameos.
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So, my author photo shoot for it includes photos like this:
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Which one do you think I should use?