Aury Wallington is an American novelist and television writer.

Biography

Wallington grew up in

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and always wanted to be a writer but was not sure how to go about it. She graduated from

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and moved to

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because one of her favourite writers, Ellen Gilchrist, was from there and Wallington thought that she would soak up some inspiration from living there too. Instead, she spent her nights bartending and her days writing really bad poetry and collecting rejection slips. After a stint in New York as personal assistant to an actor, she moved to Mexico to do research for a screenplay she was writing. She ran out of money before finishing the script and headed back to New York, landing a job as script coordinator on TV show ''

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''. Wallington was thrilled when she was asked to write an episode for the final season of the show and in the meantime worked on her novel, ''Pop!'' and wrote a one-woman show which was performed off-Broadway as part of the Double Helix Theater’s One Festival. When ''Sex and the City'' ended, she moved to

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and wrote for ''

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'' and ''

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''. She also wrote a pilot called ''Pure Sunshine'' for Sony Television. She is currently working on a new FOX drama called ''Wedding Album''. Wallington currently lives in Los Angeles with her two-year-old rescue dog, Tuesday.Aury Wallington – Bio
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Work

Wallington has written six novels. These are: * '' Heroes: Saving Charlie'' - The first in the official ''Heroes'' book series. * ''Pop!'' - A teenage novel. * ''

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'' **''Cohen'' **''Bait and Switch'' **''Spring Break'' **''The Misfit''. Wallington has written three anthologies and eight scripts for television. These are: * The pilot for USA ''Death Benefits'' * The pilot for ABC Family ''Will Triumph Fights Alone'' * The pilot for ABC Family ''Menace to Society'' * ''

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'': "Once Upon a Time in Texas" * '' The Wedding Album'' pilot * One episode for ''

'' called "Big Client". * Two episodes for ''

'' titled " Like a Virgin" and " Clash of the Tritons". * One episode for ''

'', "The Cold War". * Two episodes for ''

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'', " Headhunters" and " The Time Traveler's Pig". She also created the Netflix original series ''

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'' and served as the co-writer for its 2021 feature film, ''

Spirit Untamed ''Spirit Untamed'' is a 2021 American animated adventure film directed by Elaine Bogan and co-directed by Ennio Torresan Jr., written by Aury Wallington and Kristin Hahn. The second theatrical film of the ''Spirit'' franchise, it is a soft re ...

'' with

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