Amy Quick Parrish is the author of Into Dust: The Thunderbird Chronicles, the first in a new young adult series. A graduate of the University of Michigan, her writing has been published in The Atlantic and her films have screened in festivals around the world. She won the Spirit of Moondance Award at the Moondance International Film Festival for her feature screenplay, The Court of Lions, the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices - Historical for her television pilot, Scoundrel, and an Indie Award of Merit for her short film, Hokey Smokes! Frank Allison and the Odd Sox. She lives in New England with her awesome husband and son and a lovely gray cat.