
Wally Amos (Wallace “Wally” Amos, Jr.) is an American entrepreneur and author best known as the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate-chip cookie brand, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della’s Cookies gourmet cookie brands. He was also an American television personality, he was the host of the adult reading program, Learn to Read.
Born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, until he was 12 years old when his parents divorced, he moved to New York City with his aunt, where he enrolled at the Food Trades Vocational High School. The young Wally showed interest in cooking at a young age and it is not a surprise that he made a career out of it. It was from his aunt Della Bryant, who would bake cookies for him, that Amos later developed his chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Who are Wally Amos’ children?- Shawn Amos, Michael Amos, Gregory Amos, and Sarah Amos
Aside from being a celebrated entrepreneur and TV personality, Wally is also a father. per Biography, Amos has been married three times. From his first marriage, he had three children. They are Shawn Amos, Michael Amos, and Gregory Amos. He also has a daughter named Sarah Amos with his third wife, Christine Harris-Amos.

Shawn Amos is a singer
Shawn Amos is a songwriter, author, blues singer, record producer, and digital marketing entrepreneur. He is best known as a blues singer and harmonica player, “The Reverend Shawn Amos.” He has released multiple studio, live, single, and extended-play titles under the moniker.
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Shawn Amos is the youngest son of Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie founder Wally Amos and the only son of Shirley Ellis Amos, (professionally known as Shirl-ee May in the early 1960s). Throughout Shawn’s childhood and adulthood, his mother suffered from schizoaffective disorder and ultimately committed suicide in 2003. In 2011, The Huffington Post published a four-part series chronicling his childhood in 1970s Los Angeles.
The trauma of the event and his subsequent discovery of her early singing career were the inspiration behind his 2005 album release Thank You Shirl-ee May. Wally Amos’ son was married to actress Marta Martin in 1999. The couple divorced in 2018. They have three children.
In “Cookies and Milk,” his debut novel for young readers, Amos’ son writes about his childhood and grapples with his own experience of fatherhood. Shawn Amos’s autobiographical story follows a young boy named Ellis — named after his own son — as he helps his dad open a cookie store.
Sarah Amos is an executive at Marvel Entertainment.
Sarah Amos is the daughter of Wally Amos and his third wife, Christine Harris-Amos. Christine helped Wally design the early merchandise and packaging for Famous Amos cookies. She also created the Chip & Cookie dolls. In 2005, Sarah’s parents also co-founded the Read It LOUD! Foundation (ReadItLoud.org), advocating parents and caregivers to read aloud to their children for at least 10 minutes every day. According to Shawn Amos’s Wikipedia, Sarah Amos is an executive at Marvel Entertainment.
Michael Amos and Gregory Amos are very private
Michael Amos and Gregory Amos are very private about their lives. Though they are the child of children of a famous personality, Michael Amos and Gregory Amos have been living away from the cameras. It is unclear what exactly they do. Amos had lived in Hawaii from 1977 until 2018. Currently, he resides in Columbia, South Carolina with his wife, where he is working on Aunt Della’s Cookies.
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