Rachael Perry

Born: 10/02/1974   Pontiac , MI
Parents: Thomas Adam Perry and Barbara Ann Alban
Spouse: Steve Showerman
Children: Grace Showerman
Address(es):
Permanent :
11295 Clovis Pointe Drive
South Lyon , MI 48178
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected]
Website : http://spcexhibits.lib.msu.edu/html/materials/collections/michcoll/perry.htm
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of How to Fly How to Fly
- A novel set in Michigan's Thumb.
Fiction , Short Stories Adult Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press 2004
Other writings:
- Work has appeared in the following anthologies: Our Working Lives, Love is Ageless: Stories about Alzheimer's Disease, Big Water: Women Write From the Freshwater Heart of North America. Work has appeared in the following literary magazines: StoryQuarterly, Elysian Fields Quarterly: The Baseball Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Confrontation, River City, Driftwood Review, South Dakota Review, New Delta Review and others. Work has appeared in the following newspapers: The Los Angeles Times, Detroit Free Press, The Oregonian, The Flint Journal, The Ypsilanti Press, and The South Lyon Herald
Adult

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Best Book Award for Fiction by the Center for Great Lakes Culture at Michigan State University 2004
Pushcart Prize
- Nominated for "How to Fly"
2004

Memberships:

Name Date
Served as an AmeriCorps*VISTA in Detroit
Volunteered for the National Bone Marrow Transplant Link in Southfield; currently on the Board of Directors

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing Bowling Green State University Bowling Green , OH 2000
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Journalism Michigan State University Lansing , MI 1996

Other Resources:

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