Andrew Perry

Biography

Drew Perry lives in North Carolina with his wife and two boys, ages 6 and 4. He teaches writing at Elon University. His first novel, This Is Just Exactly Like You, was a finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan prize from the Center for Fiction, a Best-of-the-Year pick from The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and a SIBA Okra pick. His second, Kids These Days, was an Amazon Best-of-the-Month pick.

Research Interest

Fiction writing Southern literature American novel American short stories Anti-hero in literature Postmodern fiction “K-Mart” realism Ancient Chinese and Japanese poetry (in translation) Landscape and place in literature American poetics Cross-genre writing Ideas of craft in writing Literary magazines and journals