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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 3 OcTOber 2017
Actress Quvenzhane Wallis taking new on a new role of author

By CHEVEL JOHNSON a trade association repre- definitely see myself doing
Associated Press senting over 300 bookstores more of this in the future.”
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — in Florida, South Carolina, Qulyndreia Wallis, Wallis’
Quvenzhane Wallis, whose North Carolina, Georgia, mother, said the process
stunning portrayal of Hush- Louisiana, Alabama, Arkan- proved relatively easy.
puppy in “Beasts of the sas, Tennessee, Kentucky, “We basically told them our
Southern Wild” earned her Virginia and Mississippi. “It’s interest or story line, what
an Oscar nomination at something I would want we wanted the books to be
age 9, is launching a new everyone to do, especially about and how we wanted
career path. teenagers my age. I don’t to get her message out,”
The now 14-year-old is add- think we read as much as she said. “Then we found
ing author to her resume. we should.” Nancy, who helped fine-
On Oct. 3, through Si- Wallis said she doesn’t re- tune her thoughts and put
mon and Schuster, Wallis ally have a favorite author it together. From there,
is releasing two children’s and usually reads all types we would proof read and
books: “Shai & Emmie Star of genres. She said she es- make sure it was said in a
in Break an Egg,” which pecially enjoyed coming way she would say it and
chronicles the lives of two up with the concepts and the books were formed.”
best friends at a performing working through them with “Break an Egg” is the In this June 26, 2016 file photo, Quvenzhané Wallis arrives at the
arts school, and “A Night co-author Nancy Ohlin, first in a series of chapter BET Awards in Los Angeles.
Out with Mama,” a picture who helped with the writing books set for release by Associated Press
book inspired by her experi- on the current projects. the south Louisiana native, determined. “I really hope tour scheduled Monday
ence at the Oscars. “The stories have a few who weaves her creative that people my age enjoy through Wednesday in
Wallis said writing is a natu- things that I like and en- and artistic life into typical reading these books,” Wal- New York. In addition, she’s
ral extension of her love for joy. For instance there’s a teenage activities like play- lis said. “I’m excited about scheduled for a signing at
reading. part in the first one where a ing basketball and volley- experiencing new things the New Orleans book fes-
“Reading is one of my fa- character is talking about ball and participating on and sometimes it gets to tival on Nov. 11.
vorite things to do,” she her book bag and it’s tur- her private all-girls school’s the point where I might get As for acting, Wallis said
said during a recent ap- quoise, my favorite color. dance team. The second a little obsessed with it. But there’s nothing currently on
pearance in New Orleans So there are small details book is scheduled for re- I really enjoy writing and I the horizon.
at the Southern Indepen- in there that come specifi- lease in January and a third can’t wait to do more.” “Just the books and school
dent Booksellers Alliance, cally from me,” she said. “I has a release date to be Wallis has a mini-book and sports,” she said.q