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Herman S. Parish III is an American children's writer, the current author of Amelia Bedelia children's books and the nephew of the series creator Peggy Parish.

Parish was born in Texas. His father served in the US Air Force. He was in the fourth grade when the first Amelia Bedelia book was written. Having grown up with his aunt’s tales of Amelia Bedelia’s humorous misadventures, Herman decided to carry on the legacy after his aunt’s death in 1988. He did not wish to entrust the future of the series into the hands of a children’s author outside of the family. Since Peggy had the summers off from teaching, she was able to stay with the Parish family for extended periods of time, allowing Herman and Peggy to develop a close relationship. More importantly, this gave Herman a chance to keenly observe Peggy during her writing processes, gaining great insight into the road ahead of him.