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The author, director and screenwriter grew up in a Chinese immigrant household, moving around the United States frequently throughout her childhood.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Volpe, who studied at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam, has established herself as both a director and screenwriter.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
But no amount of adorable anthropomorphic messaging can account for the screenwriters’ screaming lack of research and zero likable characters.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2026
Monique Hayes is a fiction author, poet, and screenwriter.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Volpe, who studied at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam, has established herself as both a director and screenwriter.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
But no amount of adorable anthropomorphic messaging can account for the screenwriters’ screaming lack of research and zero likable characters.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2026
Monique Hayes is a fiction author, poet, and screenwriter.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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