All We Had (23 page)
Authors: Annie Weatherwax
Acknowledgments
M
any thanks to all those who provided support, read my book, and offered feedback. Thank you to my good friends Jack Coyle, Carol Previte, and Jim Chiros for reassuring me the book was done. Thanks to Becca Kauffman and especially Alex Leake, who calmed me down and helped me cross the finish line. My gratitude to Helen Brann and the late Joan Parker for their friendship, advice, and wisdom. Thanks to Lou Goodman for his amazing work and Janice and Debra Barsha for their enthusiasm and support. I am grateful to the people who have guided me, especially my fifth-grade teacher William Schoen and Robert Alter. And to my brother, Andrew, who has taught me how to live with grace and humor. I am indebted to my team at Scribner: Whitney Frick, Paul Whitlatch, Lauren Hughes, Katie Monaghan, Tal Goretsky. My deepest gratitude to my agent, Esther Newberg, whose interest in my work has changed everything. And to Joyce Kauffman: I am eternally grateful for all that you are and all that you have given me.
About the Author
Annie Weatherwax was the 2009 winner of the Robert Olen Butler Prize for Fiction and her writing has appeared in
The New York Times
,
The Southern Review
, and elsewhere. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, for years she earned a living sculpting superheroes and cartoon characters for Nickelodeon, DC Comics, Pixar, and others. She is currently a full time painter and writer. Visit her at
AnnieWeatherwax.com
.
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