Amy in Retrograde: Desperately Seeking Rewiring

Amy Ferris is an author, a writer, a screenwriter, an editor and a playwright. Her YA Novel, A greater Goode, was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1999. Her memoir, Marrying George Clooney, Confessions From a Midlife Crisis (Seal Press, 2008) was adapted into an Off-Broadway play in 2012. In 2026 Marta Kauffman will be directing her one-woman play, based on her memoir Marrying George Clooney and it is planned to be staged in 2026.

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). Her work has been included in numerous Anthologies. She was Guest Editor-in-Chief - creating "The Women's Issue" - for two glossies.

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.

In 2019 Amy 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 Inspirational Woman in Media.

Her memoir, Mighty Gorgeous: A Little Book About Messy Love, was published Fall 2023 and published by SheWritesPress).

Marta F. Kauffman recently co-created the Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie. She was also the co-creator/writer and producer of the television hit Friends. She has received the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for lifetime achievement in television writing, and she was recently given an honorary doctorate by Brandeis University. She has served as trustee on the boards of CalArts, Big Sunday, and IKAR. She lives in Los Angeles.