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About Amy

Amy Quick Parrish writes stories about love, adventure, and unexpected journeys.

A lifelong lover of books, movies, travel, and Scotland, Amy writes the Highlands Romance series as well as YA adventures filled with action, romance, and a touch of the unexpected.

After studying English and Spanish literature at the University of Michigan, Amy moved to Austin, Texas, where she interned with director Richard Linklater at Detour Filmproduction and began working in film. She later made her directorial debut with a web series based on one of her screenplays.

That project eventually became Into Dust – The Thunderbird Chronicles, followed by its sequel, Into the Storm. The series blends action, romance, magical realism, and comics-inspired storytelling.

Years later, a long-lost cousin from Scotland reached out of the blue. Soon Amy and her family were headed to the Highlands to meet their Scottish relatives. She fell in love with the villages, landscapes, misty lochs, and warm welcome—and Scotland soon found its way into her fiction.

Today, Amy writes the Highlands Romance series, from Christmas romances to summer weddings, along with YA adventures. She lives in Massachusetts with her family and is always looking for an excuse to return to Scotland.

Screenwriting & Film

  • Spirit of Moondance Award — The Court of Lions, feature screenplay

  • Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Winner — Scoundrel, series pilot

  • 2024 Los Angeles International Script Competition — Genre Winner, Historical/Supernatural; Historical/Biopic — Scoundrel

  • Best Local Film, 2024 Screaming Ostrich Film Festival — 40 Bucks

  • Award of Merit, LA IndieFest — Hokey Smokes! Frank Allison and the Odd Sox

Short Documentary: Hokey Smokes! Frank Allison and the Odd Sox, directed by Amy Quick Parrish

They're no longer together. The lead singer lost his voice. But over twenty years later fans are still singing the songs of a quirky Ann Arbor band that never broke nationally. The movie explores what it takes to make it in the music business and points out that even though they were never a commercial success, the band made a big impact. Packed with footage shot live from the dance floor!

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