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Annie WeatherwaxAnnie Weatherwax is an artist and author, most notable for her breakout novel, All We Had.[1][2] Weatherwax is a known visual artist[3] who describes her artistic voice as "comic realism."[4][5] 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] Early lifeWeatherwax has dyslexia and had a hard time in school growing up. She says, "I struggled a lot when I was kid. I'm an exceedingly slow reader. I read a lot, because I love it so much, but I definitely struggle with it."[7] Despite her struggle with dyslexia, Weatherwax went on to graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design.[9][10] CareerWeatherwax 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] WritingAll We HadHer 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 publicationsAs 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] References
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