Allison Parrish is an American poet,[1] software engineer, creative coder, and game designer, notable as one of the most prominent early makers of creative, literary Twitter bots.
[3] Parrish has produced a textbook introduction to creative coding in Python, more specifically Processing.py.
[4] Parrish holds a BA in Linguistics from UC Berkeley, and a Master of Professional Studies from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), NYU.
She has been a Writer-in-Residence in the English Department of Fordham University, 2014–16, and an Assistant Arts Professor at the ITP since 2016.
[5] Allison Parrish won The Maverick Award from the Electronic Literature Organization in 2024.