Amy Ferris

Amy Ferris is an author, a writer, a screenwriter, an editor, and a playwright. Her memoir, Marrying George Clooney, Confessions From a Midlife Crisis (Seal Press), was adapted into an Off-Broadway play in 2012. Amy has written for both the small screen (TV) and the big screen (Feature Films). As a screenwriter, she co-wrote Mr. Wonderful(Director, Anthony Minghella) and was nominated for a Best Screenplay Award (BET, Black Reel Award) for her adaptation of the film, Funny Valentines (Director, Julie Dash) As an editor, she curated Shades of Blue, Writers on Depression, Suicide and Feeling Blue (Seal Press), and co-edited the anthology, Dancing at the Shame Prom (Seal Press). She co-authored Old School Love (HarperCollins, 2020) with Rev Run of RUN DMC fame. Amy serves on a variety of advisory boards supporting women and the Arts. She co-founded The Milford Readers & Writers Festival and is on faculty at The Kauai Writers Conference. 

In 2019, she was named one of Women's eNews 21 LEADERS FOR THE 21st CENTURY. In 2021, she was a recipient of NextTribe's The 12 Women Who Changed the World,  and in 2022, Amy was awarded and honored by the Thoughtful Book Festival as an Inspirational Woman in Media.  

Her new memoir, Mighty Gorgeous - A Little Book About Messy Love, was published Fall 2023 (SheWritesPress). 

Her new book, Amy In Retrograde, will be published in March 2026 by Glitterati Publishers.

"...readers will be charmed by Ferris' irrepressible humor...and unabashed praise of self-love." --Publishers Weekly

"Her talent...lifts even her most personal revelations into the realm of the universal, and reminds us all of the power of great storytelling." --Peter Spears, Filmmaker, Producer, Academy Award for Best Picture: Nomadland

"Amy's wit forever elevates her workshops and classes, but it's the heartfelt encouragement and support of her students in every class and seminar that keep them coming back to the safe space she creates to write and share life's deeper truths." --Jane Sibbett, Actress, Writer, Director, Producer, Founder of Noon Miracle