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What I think should be changed (include citations):She often writes about social justice[6] and the relationship between visual arts and writing.[7][8] She has been influenced by the work of Flannery O’Connor, Alice Neel, Lorrie Moore, Roy Litchenstein, and Andy Warhol.[4]

Weatherwax began her artistic career as a visual artist, working professionally sculpting superheroes and cartoon characters for Nickelodeon, DC Comics, Warner Brothers, and Pixar.[11] She also paints.[9]

All We Had Her book, All We Had, published in August 2014,[12] was a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award.[11][13][14] The novel was also a pick for Oprah's Book Club[15] and the Washingtonian's "Top 10 Books for August 2014."[16] All We Had was optioned by Katie Holmes, who adapted the story into a movie in her directorial debut.[17][18][19]

Awards and publications As an author, she won the 2009 Robert Olen Butler Prize for Fiction,[9][20] and her work has been published in The New York Times, The Sun Magazine, Ploughshares,[21] The Southern Review,[22] among others.[11] In 2018, she was awarded a fellowship from Yaddo for her writing.[23][24]

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Hi Narcise, Thanks for following up. I so appreciate your help.

RE the wikipedia page.

Here is my complete bio: It’s in narrative form here. Can you add links and format for wikipedia? Also please get rid of this

if possible:

She often writes about social justice[6] and the relationship between visual arts and writing.[7][8] She has been influenced by the work of Flannery O’Connor, Alice Neel, Lorrie Moore, Roy Litchenstein, and Andy Warhol.[4]

And if you need more or less info, let me know.

EARLY CAREER AS AN ARTIST

Artist and writer Annie Weatherwax spent her early career sculpting superheroes and cartoon characters. Included in her portfolio are characters from Nickelodeon, DC Comics, Children’s Television Workshop and Pixar.

WRITER As a writer her short stories have appeared in The Sun Magazine, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, All We Had was a finalist the Massachusetts Book Award and is now a major motion picture from Tribeca films.

Awards & honors Winner of the Robert Olen Butler Prize for Fiction, her short story collection has been a finalist for The Doris Bakwin Award; The Hudson Prize; and the St. Lawrence Book Award. She has received fellowships from Yaddo, and Summer Literary Seminar in Montreal

Weatherwax has written extensively on the synergy between the mind and the eye, and the link between language and visual art including for Publishers Weekly, The New York Times, and for Ploughshares.  In 2017 she received the Hamilton Life Achievement Award. Given annually to individuals with dyslexia, past recipients include Dannel P. Malloy, Connecticut Governor, Dr. Matthew Schneps, astrophysicist, the Smithsonian and Harvard University, and Pulitzer prize winning poet, Philip Schultz.  She recently returned from a fellowship at Yaddo . I've received fellowships from Yaddo, Summer Literary Festivals, and In 2010,

She is currently working working in the capacity of "The Literary Cartoonist” combining text with kinetic typography, drawing and animation.

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Not done These changes used promotional language, removed sourced material, or asked that unsourced material is added to the article. Wikipedia is not here for promotion, per WP:PROMO. Z1720 (talk) 21:32, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]