{"id":81012,"date":"2017-10-04T14:20:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T14:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/10\/04\/exclusive-catching-up-with-actress-now-author-quvenzhane-wallis\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:21:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:21:40","slug":"exclusive-catching-up-with-actress-now-author-quvenzhane-wallis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/exclusive-catching-up-with-actress-now-author-quvenzhane-wallis\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Catching Up With Actress &#038; Now Author Quvenzhan\u00e9 Wallis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exclusive: Catching Up With Actress &amp; Now Author Quvenzhan\u00e9 Wallis<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>October 4, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Quvenzhane-Wallis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-103093\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 169 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Quvenzhane-Wallis-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been five years since <strong>Quvenzhan\u00e9 Wallis<\/strong> stole America&#8217;s hearts as Hushpuppy in the critically acclaimed Oscar nominated indie film <strong>Beasts of the Southern Wild<\/strong> and garnered herself an Oscar nomination for Best Actress at the age of 9, making her the youngest actress to receive that honor.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Louisiana, NO native appeared in <strong>Steve McQueen&#8217;s<\/strong> 2013 Oscar winning film, <strong>12 Years a Slave<\/strong>, followed a starring role in the remake of <strong>Annie<\/strong> opposite<strong> Jamie Foxx<\/strong>. Except for an appearance in <strong>Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;<\/strong>s award-winning music video <strong>Lemonade<\/strong>, Quvenzhan\u00e9 has also done a few projects while still growing up and being a normal kid back home. She&#8217;s currently a 9th grader in school.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Quvenzhan\u00e9-Wallis-books.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-103094\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 202'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Quvenzhan\u00e9-Wallis-books-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, she was also switching gears and becoming an author. This week, Simon &amp; Schuster released two children&#8217;s books by the 14-year-old.<strong> &#8220;A Night Out With Mama&#8221;<\/strong> is a picture book inspired by Quvenzhan\u00e9&#8217;s experience attending the Academy Awards in 2013, and<strong> &#8220;Shai &amp; Emmie Star in Break an Egg&#8221;<\/strong> follows the adventure of two best friends at a performing arts school. Co-written with Nancy Ohlin, &#8220;Break an Egg&#8221; is the first in a series of chapter books by Quvenzhan\u00e9; the second book will be released in January.<\/p>\n<p>While in New York City at a book signing in Barnes &amp; Noble, Blackfilm.com caught up with Wallis as she talked about her latest venture as an author.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Quvenzhane-Wallis-book-signing-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-103095\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 187 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Quvenzhane-Wallis-book-signing-1-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where did the inspiration for the book come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quvenzhan\u00e9 Wallis:<\/strong> I enjoy reading and making these books that I like to read or used to like to read (the picture book). I just wanted to put it out there and that&#8217;s what I like to read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did it take to put the book together?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QW:<\/strong> We started at the beginning of this year and that&#8217;s all the chapter books included.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you up to now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Quvenzhane-Wallis-book-signing-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-103096\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 183 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Quvenzhane-Wallis-book-signing-2-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>QW:<\/strong> I&#8217;m a freshman in school and I play basketball, volleyball and I&#8217;m on the dance team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The last time I saw you was in Annie. Have you done other projects since then?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QW:<\/strong> I did Lemonade, but we have working on this book and waiting for this day to come. Today was a big day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you want kids to get out from the book?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QW:<\/strong> The happiness and how I feel, especially &#8220;The Night Out with Mama&#8221; because it&#8217;s based off the Oscar night with me and my mom. All the happiness and the experience I went through the night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you kept in touch with any of the actors from your previous films?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QW:<\/strong> Yes. I try to keep in touch with some of the foster girls from Annie.<\/p>\n<p>Wallis is still attached to appear with Academy Award winners Viola Davis and Mahershala Ali in the period drama <strong>The Personal History Of <\/strong><span style=\"color: #6a6a6a;\"><strong>Rachel Dupree<\/strong>, which Davis will also produce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Catching Up With Actress &amp; Now Author Quvenzhan\u00e9 WallisPosted by Wilson Morales October 4, 2017 It&#8217;s been five years since Quvenzhan\u00e9 Wallis stole America&#8217;s hearts as Hushpuppy in the critically acclaimed Oscar nominated indie film Beasts of the Southern Wild and garnered herself an Oscar nomination for Best Actress at the age of 9, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/exclusive-catching-up-with-actress-now-author-quvenzhane-wallis\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":81129,"comment_status":"1","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,143],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-read"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exclusive: Catching Up With Actress &amp; 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